Scientific Program

Sunday, 2 October 2011

18:30 Opening lecture
 

Some lessons and considerations in dealing with Helicobacter pylori

P. Malfertheiner, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, DE

Monday, 3 October 2011

Antimicrobial Resistance

08:30- 13:00 Morning session: plenary lectures

Chairs:

Y. Glupczynski, Mont-Godinne University Hospital UCL, Yvoir, BE
M Lopez-Brea, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, ES

Molecular aspects of resistance

T. Alarcon, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, ES

European multicenter study on H. Pylori susceptibility

Y. Glupczynski, Mont-Godinne University Hospital UCL, Yvoir, BE

When and how to perform susceptibility testing

 M. Lopez-Brea, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, ES

Clinical impact of resistance and future concepts in the treatment of H. pylori infections

F. Bazzoli, Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, IT

 

Tuesday, 4 October 2011
 

Pathogenesis

08:00- 12:30 Morning session: plenary lectures

Chairs:

Backert, Dublin University College, Dublin, IE
F. Mégraud, Pellegrin University Hospital, Bordeaux, FR

Pathogenesis and carcinogenesis of Helicobacter pylori

S. Backert, Dublin University College, Dublin, IE

Cancerogenesis of Helicobacter pylori

F. Mégraud, University Hospital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, FR

The importance of VacA in human infection

J. Atherton, Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, UK

Neonatally acquired immunological tolerance to H. pylori infection prevents gastric immunopathology and protects against allergic airway hyper-responsiveness and asthma

A. Müller, University of Zürich, CH

Wednesday, 5 October 2011
 

Clinical aspects

08:30-13:00 Morning session: plenary lectures

Chairs:
L. P. Andersen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, DK
P. Malfertheiner, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, D

Ekstragastric manifestation of H. pylori
L. P. Andersen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, DK

H. pylori related strategies in the prevention of gastric cancer

P. Malfertheiner, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, D

Probiotics in the treatment of H. pylori

Torkel Wadström, Lund University Hospital, Lund, SE

Program with the afternoon sessions