8th Pediatric Infectious Disease Training Course

Event details

Date

Thursday, 29 October - 09:00

Place

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève - Hôpital des Enfants - Auditoire Bamatter

Genre

Training courses

Organiser

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) - DFEA

Description

PIGS COURSE 2026 Scientific Program  ·  Pediatric Infectious Diseases Group of Switzerland Course GENEVA 29–30 October 2026 Thursday, 29 October 2026 Morning Session 09:45 – 12:30   ·   2 h 45 min 09:45 – 10:30 Congenital CMV Hélène Cao Van · Arnaud L’Huillier 45 min 10:30 – 11:00 MDR Infections in Outpatient Practice Marie Rohr · Diego Andrey 30 min 11:00 – 11:45 Tick-borne Encephalitis / Lyme Disease Patrick Meyer Sauteur · Norah Frietschi 45 min 11:45 – 12:30 To Treat or Not to Treat Anita Niederer-Loher · Yves Fougères 45 min   – Streptococcal infections – pharyngitis / scarlet fever     – Stools findings     Afternoon Session 13:30 – 17:15   ·   3 h 45 min 13:30 – 14:00 Adenitis Christa Relly 30 min 14:00 – 14:45 Tropical and Emerging Diseases at Our Doorstep Andrea Allgower · Basilice Obama 45 min 14:45 – 15:15 RSV: Where Do We Stand? Philip Agyeman 30 min Break — 30 minutes      15:15 – 15:45 15:45 – 16:15 Prevention Measures and Contact Tracing in Outpatient Practice Gaud Catho 30 min 16:15 – 17:15 Cases Round Hanna Schmidt · Nina Schöbi · (one speaker pending) 60 min Pre-Dinner Drinks — All participants      17:30 – 18:30 Dinner — Registration required      19:00   Friday, 30 October 2026 Morning Session 08:45 – 12:45   ·   3 h 30 min 08:45 – 09:45 Hot topics in pediatric infectious diseases Speakers pending 60 min 09:45 – 10:15 Appendicitis: Conservative Treatment Ana Calinescu · Fabien Cane 30 min 10:15 – 10:45 Vaccine Hesitancy Laure Pittet 30 min Break — 30 minutes      10:45 – 11:15 11:15 – 11:45 Infectious Dermatology Maël Blanchard 30 min 11:45 – 12:15 Fever in Returning Travelers Margherita Plebani 30 min 12:15 – 12:45 Oral Antibiotic Treatment in Neonates Julia Bielicki 30 min