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Symposium: Infections et Gastroentérologie, Société Royale Belge de Gastro-Entérologie (13/06/2009)
Microbes or man, who will win ? (extended summary)Price: €10,00 |
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Once the cause of infectious diseases had been uncovered,
mainly thanks to the work of Robert Koch, Louis
Pasteur and their followers at the end of the nineteenth
and the beginning of the twentieth century, a multivalent
strategy was implemented to prevent and control microbial
infections due to bacteria, viruses or parasites.
Thanks to hygiene, the control of insect vectors, vaccination
and the wide use of antibiotics, the most dangerous
and widespread infectious diseases could be more or less
controlled, at least in developed countries. Hence the
impression, in the 1970s, that the fight against infectious
diseases had been won.
This was a major mistake. Beginning at the end of the
1970s, several new infectious diseases have emerged,
some of them, like AIDS, taking hundreds of thousands
or even millions of lives every year. In this presentation,
on a few examples, we analyze the causes of this emergence
and then review the new actions that are or could
be taken to control infectious diseases. [Product Details...] |
Prevention of opportunistic infections in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and implications of the ECCO consensus in BelgiumPrice: €10,00 |
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In an era of increasing use of immunomodulator (IM) therapy,
opportunistic infections have emerged as a pivotal safety issue in
patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Today’s challenge
to the physician is not only to manage IBD, but also to recognise,
prevent and treat common and uncommon infections. The recent
European ECCO guidelines on the management and prevention of
opportunistic infections in patients with IBD provide clinicians
with guidance on the prevention, detection and management of
opportunistic infections in patients with IBD. Proposals may
appear radical, potentially changing current practice, but we
believe that the recommendations will help optimise patient outcomes
by reducing morbidity and mortality related to opportunistic
infections in patients with IBD. In this ongoing process, prevention
is far the first and most important step. Prevention of opportunistic
infections relies on recognition of risk factors for infection,
the use of primary or secondary chemoprophylaxis, careful monitoring
(clinical and laboratory work-up) before and during the use
of immunomodulators, vaccination and education of the patient.
Special recommendations should also be given to patients before
travel. Additionally, this paper discusses how the ECCO guidelines
can be implemented in Belgium according to reimbursement legislation.
(Acta gastro enterol. belg., 2010, 73, 41-45). [Product Details...] |
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Acta gastroenterologica is abstracted/indexed in Current Contents, Excerpta Medica, Index medicus, ISI.
Published by © Universa Press, Wetteren, Belgium. All rights reserved.
Published by © Universa Press, Wetteren, Belgium. All rights reserved.