Pre-Congress Program
Monday, Ocotber 14, 2019
8:00-9:00 am
Registration open
9:00-12:00 am
Lecture Session
Trinh Thanh Trung, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
A simple culture algorithm for detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei from clinical specimens
Shivani Dharmaraja, InBios International, Inc., USA
Antigen detection using InBios International’s Active Melioidosis DetectTM Rapid Test
Break
Narisara Chantratita, Mahidol University, Thailand
Rapid Immunochromatography for serodiagnosis of melioidosis (Rapid ICT), ELISA and latex agglutination test
12:00-1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30-4:30 pm
Practical Session
Group 1
- Demonstration of B. pseudomallei and other closely related species colonies on different agar plates at different incubation time points (Trung)
- Three-antibiotic disc test (Trinh Thanh Trung)
- Latex agglutination test (Narisara Chantratita)
Group 2
- Rapid diagnosis of melioidosis from clinical specimens (Shivani Dharmaraja)
Break
Turnaround
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
8:30–11:30 am
Practical Session (divided into two groups)
Gabriel Wagner and Ivo Steinmetz, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Further developments of serodiagnostics
Group 1
- Demonstration of B. pseudomallei and other closely related species colonies on different agar plates at different incubation time points (Trinh Thanh Trung)
Group 2
- Rapid diagnosis of melioidosis from patient’s sera (Narisara Chantratita)
Break
Turnaround
