The ESCMID Conference on Reviving Old Antibiotics 2014 covers topics such as:
- Antimicrobial pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics
- Antibiotic usage
- Optimisation and individualisation of therapy
- Pharmacoeconomics and general pharmacology
- In vitro antibacterial susceptibility and drug interaction studies
- Resistance surveillance
- Clinical studies
- Emergence of resistance
- Breakpoints
- Combination therapies
- Regulatory issues
- Analytical challenges
- Strategies to extend the life of old antibiotics
Revived old antibiotics of interest: fosfomycin, polymyxins, mecillinam, temocillin, nitrofurantoin.
