Abstracts
Below are the abstracts that were displayed at FIS2017
Antibacterial therapy
An Observational Cohort Study Evaluating Antibiotic Use in Women with Suspected or Confirmed Sepsis – Download poster
Effect of Piperacillin/Tazobactam shortage on hospital associated Clostridium difficile infection at a large teaching hospital – Download poster
Chloramphenicol use in Geriatric Medicine at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth: an observational analysis – Download poster
Clinical Experience with Ceftolozane/Tazobactam at a London Teaching Hospital – Download poster
Staphylococcal bacteraemia: finding the path of least persistence – Download poster
Review of clinical experience of Intravenous fosfomycin at Royal Bolton Hospital – Download poster
SYN-004 (Ribaxamase), an Orally Administered β-Lactamase, Prevents Clostridium difficile Infection, Reduces New Colonization by Opportunistic Pathogens and Reduces Changes in the Gut Resistome – Download poster
Q fever – A continued threat to the military. Can antibiotic prophylaxis reduce the severity of disease? – Download poster
Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic analyses of oral antibiotics for pyelonephritis – Download poster
Impact and review of an improved vancomycin dosing regimen and new prescribing pathway & monitoring chart – Download poster
Antimicrobial stewardship
Analysis of University students’ understanding of antimicrobial resistance and impact of becoming an antibiotic guardian – Download poster
Antimicrobial stewardship can improve the management of pneumonia – Download poster
“Antibiotic” has had its day… time to use more specific terms like antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, or anti-inflammatory medicine? – Download poster
Culture Sampling & ‘Day 3’ Reviews of Piperacillin-Tazobactam – Download poster
Analysis of the impact on community pharmacy practice of using an antibiotic checklist to deliver the Government’s AMR strategy – Download poster
An Evaluation of East of England Hospitals Ability to Meet the National Antimicrobial Resistance CQUIN 2016-2017 – Download poster
Effectiveness of temocillin use in a London district general hospital – Download poster
Interventions to Reduce Urinary Tract Infections for Older Adults in Care Settings: A Systematic Review – Download poster
How non-specialist ward pharmacists support Start Smart Then Focus – Download poster
Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Large Teaching Hospital: Is the reassessment of intravenous antimicrobials on our safety radar? – Download poster
A Survey of the Antibiotic Prescribing Practices of Doctors in an Australian Emergency Department – Download poster
The impact of the SIGN UTI 2012 guidelines on UTI antibiotic use in secondary care – Download poster
Rapid diagnostics with Cognitor®Minus to support antimicrobial stewardship – integrating laboratory testing with clinical review – Download poster
An Evaluation of Multi-Disciplinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Paediatric Ward Rounds – Download poster
Rapid diagnostics with Cognitor® Minus to support antimicrobial stewardship – integrating laboratory testing with clinical review – Download poster
The diagnosis and management of invasive fungal infection in haemato-oncology patients – reviewing departmental guidance – Download poster
Development of a mobile app audit tool to support hospital prescribing quality indicators – Download poster
Antifungal stewardship experience at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Download poster
Exploring the role of nurses in Antimicrobial Stewardship at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Download poster
Misdiagnosis and antibiotic prescribing practices related to asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly: a case series review – Download poster
Penicillin allergy drives greater adherence to antibiotic guidelines: pooled data on prescribing and allergy documentation from two English NHS Trusts – Download poster
Using a Mobile Application to evaluate and support improved antimicrobial stewardship practice – Download poster
The Potential Effect of Intensive Clinical Infection Review on Meropenem Prescriptions – Download poster
Meropenem prescribing: a service evaluation to assess correct indication, documentation and review of meropenem prescriptions to comply with AMR CQUIN 2016/17 – Download poster
Towards intelligent guidelines: can machine learning guide empirical antibiotic choice? – Download poster
Medicine management technicians (MMTs): an untapped resource for antimicrobial stewardship? – Download poster
An Audit to measure compliance of trust guidelines when prescribing antibiotics in obstetrics – Download poster
Analysis of the impact on patients’ of community pharmacists using an antibiotic checklist when counselling – Download poster
Audit on laboratory handling and reporting of blood cultures in the Microbiology laboratory at Royal Lancaster Infirmary – Download poster
Audit on the Outcome of Microbiology Telephone Consultations in Clinical Practice – Download poster
Delivering the 48-hour antimicrobial review on in-patient drug charts – Download poster
Identifying antibiotic stewardship interventions to meet the NHS England CQUIN – Download poster
Patient education on appropriate self-care treatments for common RTIs: But what do the public need to know about antibiotics? – Download poster
Audit of antibiotics for urinary tract infection prophylaxis in primary care – Download poster
Antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance
Cause or effect? Does hospital antibiotic use influence changes in bacterial resistance? – Download poster
A novel PhoP substitution in Klebsiella pneumoniae with decreased susceptibility to colistin – Download poster
The antibacterial activity of blue-violet light (400nm) against carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae growing as mature biofilms – Download poster
Trend in minimum inhibitory concentrations of bacteraemic Escherichia coli over 8 years, at Aberdeen Royal infirmary – Download poster
BSAC bacteraemia resistance surveillance update: 2014-2016 – Download poster
BSAC respiratory resistance surveillance update: 2013-2016 – Download poster
Drug-resistant TB: An experience from Qatar – Download poster
Control of OXA-48 Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak on an Orthopaedic ward at Colchester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Download poster
Inappropriate diagnosis and antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in older adults: Perspectives of healthcare staff and patients – Download poster
Cinical microbiology
Development of a new method for detection of Acanthamoebab keratitis – Download poster
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: A rare and important pathogen – Download poster
C-Reactive Protein in Community Acquired Pneumonia: Can it be used to determine treatment outcome? – Download poster
Missed opportunities in patients with suspected meningitis – Download poster
The Fuse Has Been Lit: Rare cases of Fusobacterium necrophorum – Download poster
Mortality in patients with mycobacterium avium complex lung disease – a review of published literature – Download poster
Evaluating Panton Valentine Leukocidin testing practices, prevalence and geographical distribution in North West London. – Download poster
Bordetella bronchiseptica exudative tonsillitis in a previously healthy child – Download poster
Clinical cases
The Differential Beyond HSV and Limbic Encephalitis – Download poster
There’s Something In The Water – Download poster
An Unusual Cause of a Brodie’s Abscess – Download poster
Cotton Bud in External Ear Canal as a Cause of Subdural Abscess – Download poster
Invasive amoebiasis presenting with multiple liver abscesses and negative initial amoebic serology requiring therapeutic radiological drainage – Download poster
A Rare Diagnosis Explains Eosinophilia In A Returning Traveller – Download poster
Casting a wider net for invasive infections – Download poster
When Ockham’s razor does not apply – Download poster
An uncomplementary situation – Download poster
Bacteraemia and prosthetic joint infection secondary to Salmonella typhimurium: an important clinical lesson – Download poster
An Unusual Case of Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Immunosuppressed Patient with Myasthenia Gravis – Download poster
Interesting case of skin graft infection in a dog owner – Download poster
Disturbances in the mind and body, A case report on the challenge of multiple side effects in the treatment multi-drug resistant tuberculosis – Download poster
Mycobacterium chimaera infection: a complex disease with many complications – Download poster
Central nervous system Nocardia infection in a lymphoma patient: a diagnostic challenge resolved by 16s PCR – Download poster
Have you heard of Alkaline Encrusted Pyelitis?! – Download poster
Decontamination
A potential reservoir for transmission of Enterobacteriaceae after terminal and enhanced cleaning – Can the sink remain the missing link – Download poster
Education and training
The mould that changed the world – a primary school musical about Antimicrobial Resistance – Download poster
Evaluation of the Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Workbook for Nurses and Midwives – Download poster
Allergy Awareness Week: The use of teamwork, ward based activities and social media as a novel education strategy in a District General Hospital – Download poster
Antimicrobial Prescribing by Junior Doctors – Putting Medical School Education into Practice – Download poster
Fungal infections
Experience of using beta-D-glucan assays in the Intensive Care Unit – Download poster
Outcomes and Epidemiology of Candidaemia in a Tertiary Care Hospital Over 12 Years Period: 2005-2017 A Retrospective Study – Download poster
Immunisation
Cohort Study of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Vaccine-Mediated Immunity in South African Children – Download poster
End-of-Season Influenza Outbreaks and Possible Waning Vaccine Immunity – Download poster
Infection control and hosptial epidemiology
Are we missing cases of Clostridium difficile cross transmission due to ward movements? – Download poster
Reducing Clostridium difficile infection when the HEAT is on! – Download poster
Real-time Monitoring of Biological Airborne Particles in a Hospital Environment – Download poster
Using a human in-vitro gut model to evaluate carbapenemaseproducing Enterobacteriaceae screening methods – Download poster
The Escherichia coli Bacteraemia Quality Premium: Is a 10% reduction possible using Quality Improvement Techniques? – Download poster
Management of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections (Systematic Review) – Download poster
Hand hygiene improvement strategy at Mater Dei Hospital – Malta – Download poster
Prospective surveillance and rapid whole genome sequencing detects an unsuspected outbreak of carbapenemaseproducing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a UK hospital – Download poster
Every silver lining has a cloud: Point prevalence survey of multidrug-resistant organisms reveals no carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE), but high rates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) within a University hospital – Download poster
Gram-negative Bloodstream Infections (GNBSI): information for action – Download poster
Improving Infection Control in the use of Ultrasound Equipment in the Emergency Department – Download poster
Analysis of confirmed norovirus cases at North Cumbria University Hospital, January-February 2017 – Download poster
Lessons learned from systematic public health follow-up of diagnoses of CJD for surgical risk, in England – Download poster
Reducing healthcare associated infections through positive deviance approach – Download poster
An evaluation of a toolkit for the early detection, management and control of carbapenemaseproducing Enterobatericeae: A cross-sectional survey of NHS acute trusts in England – Download poster
Reducing Hospital Acquired Pseudomonas transmission on the ICU at NMUH – Download poster
Timing of conversion to positivity of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceaecontacts during a tertiary hospital OXA-48 outbreak – Download poster
The potential utility of surveillance for carbapenemresistant enterobacteriaceae(CRE) in hospital wastewater in a low prevalence tertiary hospital setting – Download poster
To screen or not to screen for VRE in immunocompromised patients? – Download poster
Laboratory diagnostics
Evaluation of the impact of Point-Of-Care Testing using the Cepheid Xpert Flu/RSV assay in the Acute Medical Unit – Download poster
Avoid geting hot under the collar: Indices to guide Bone Marrow Examination in Pyrexia of Unknown Origin – Download poster
Detecting carbapenemase genes 24 hours earlier: verification and implementation of the Cepheid Xpert Carba-R assay for bacterial isolates grown on alternative agar plates – Download poster
The ‘Dark’ Days Are Over. A move to routine syphilis PCR testing on all genital ulcer swabs – Download poster
The utility of 16S rRNA sequencing in the management of culture-negative intracranial abscess – Download poster
Older patients with Tuberculosis have less typical changes on chest radiographs – Download poster
Success in obtaining sputum samples in TB suspect patients with no sputum – Download poster
OPAT
Exploring appropriate utilisation of ambulatory care for pyelonephritis – Download poster
Line infection in patients with haematological malignancies – Download poster
The burden of healthcare resource utilisation in patients with complicated acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) where first line beta-lactam antibiotics were unsuitable – Download poster
Continuous beta-lactam intravenous antibiotic infusions over 24 hours for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, an audit – Download poster
Evaluation of Antimicrobial Pharmacist Integration into, and Prescribing Project within Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) Rapid Response Team – Download poster
Paediatrics
Optimising Paediatric Blood Cultures – Are We Inoculating Enough Blood? – Download poster
Predictors of Unplanned Re-attendance at a Large Paediatric Emergency Department in South London, 2015 – 2016 – Download poster
A Lesser Known Rhodococcus Rhodococcus erythropolis – Download poster
Experience of transmissible carbapenemase determinants (TCDs) from a UK tertiary paediatric hospital: Great Ormond Street hospital – Download poster
Quality improvement
Overcoming the complexity of multiple barriers to appropriate typhoid diagnosis in a low resource setting; a multi-‐disciplinary approach to behaviour change in Segbwema, Sierra Leone – Download poster
Management of infective endocarditis- a Quality Improvement project – Download poster
BACK TO BASICS : Reducing intra-vascular catheter-related infections in patients on haemodialysis – Download poster
Co-prescribing for patients on ART in the community: a quality improvement project a – Download poster
18 Month Experience of Latent TB Management in the STH Infectious Diseases Department – Download poster
Surgical site infections and sepsis
Assessment of the Diagnosis Criteria of Sepsis and the Use of the Sepsis Six Care Bundle in Maternity Wards – Download poster
A survey of practice and opinions on the use of topical antibiotics to prevent surgical site infection; more confusion than consensus. – Download poster
Can 2 become 1? Novel innovative approach and solution to address GIRFT and SSI using existing technology – Download poster
A meta-analysis of Early Warning Scores in sepsis: Do they predict anything? – Download poster
Colo-Pro Pilot: A pilot randomised controlled trial comparing standard bolus dosed, to bolus-continuous infusion dosed, cefuroxime prophylaxis, for the prevention of infections after colorectal surgery – Download poster
Surveillance and epidemiology
Bugs and Bills: Statistical and Financial Implications of Clinical Coding and Sepsis – Download poster
Increased incidence of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia among people who inject drugs in Oxfordshire reveals a polyclonal outbreak – Download poster
Improving the detection and management of central venous catheter-related blood stream infections in haemato-oncology patients – Download poster
A Review of Central Venous Catheter Related Infections (CVCRI) in patients receiving home total parenteral nutrition at the Bristol Royal Infirmary: Microbe Epidemiology, Diagnosis of Infections and Management – Download poster
Do uk travel and tourism trends reflect pre-travel health advice service usage? – Download poster
16 year follow-up of surgically exposed contacts of patients with CJD in the UK – Download poster
Tropical Infections
A Case of Ruptured Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Disease following Albendazole therapy – Download poster
Persistent Fevers in a Returning Traveller despite Malarial Treatment. Malarial Antigen positive but no parasites seen. Is there an alternative diagnosis? – Download poster
Does the Rate of Primary Series Vaccination Differ by HIV-Status in Infants Living in Zambia? A secondary data analysis of pre-ART cohort data – Download poster
A Retrospective Review of Malaria Cases in Addenbrooke’s Hospital – Download poster
A prospective study into the impact of Xpert MTB/RIF on the management of tuberculosis in a low-resource high-burden Indian setting – Download poster
Viral infections
Acute hepatitis E incidence and seroprevalence in a UK population – Download poster
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Epidemiology, Diagnosis and access to treatment in a UK Cohort – Download poster
Audit on Parvovirus B19 testing in pregnant individuals March 2016 – April 2017 – Download poster
Potential serious immunomodulatory complications of hepatitis C therapies – Download poster
Utility of testing for HCV Resistance Associated Variants (RAVs) to determine best Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAA) treatment regimen for treatment-naïve and re-treatment patients – Download poster