Moderator: Eliane de Oliveira Ferreira
Day 1 - November 6ᵗʰ, 2023 (Monday)
Opening: 9:15h UTC -3
6/11
9:30 – 10h
UTC -3
Title: The C. difficile biofilm: myths and realities
Dr Claire Janoir (Université Paris-Saclay, France)
Discussion
10 min
6/11
10:10 – 10:40h
UTC -3
Title: Is C. difficile infection a problem at Brazilian Hospitals?
Dr. Evelyne S. Girão (University Hospital Walter Candido- Federal University of Ceará)
Discussion
10 min
Break
10 min
6/11
10:50 – 11:20h
UTC -3
Title: Microbiome based therapies for C. difficile
Dr. Sahil Khanna (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
Discussion
10 min
6/11
11:30 – 12h
UTC -3
Flash talks (10 min [Flash talks + Questions])
Moderator: Deiziane Viana da S. Costa
Day 2 - November 7ᵗʰ, 2023 (Tuesday)
Opening: 9:15h UTC -3
7/11
9:30 – 10h
UTC -3
Title: C. difficile infection prevention and treatment options in animals
Dr. Rodrigo Otávio Silva (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Brazil)
Discussion
10 min
7/11
10:10 – 10:40h
UTC -3
Title: Impact of C. difficile spore variability in the outcome of CDI
Dr. Marjorie Pizarro-Guajardo (Texas A&M University, College, TX, USA)
Discussion
10 min
7/11
10:50 – 11:20h
UTC -3
Title: C. difficile antimicrobial resistance to primary treatment antibiotics
Dr. Anne Gonzales-Luna (Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston College of Pharmacy)
Discussion
10 min
Break
10 min
7/11
11:40 – 12:h
UTC -3
Flash talks (10 min [Flash talks + Questions])
Moderator: Rodrigo Otavio Silva
Day 3 - November 8ᵗʰ, 2023 (Wednesday)
Opening: 9:15h UTC -3
8/11
9:30 – 10h
UTC -3
Title: Recent updates on antibiotic resistance in
C. difficile
Dr. Patrizia Spigaglia (Department of Infectious Diseases - Istituto superiore di Sanità (National Public Health Institute of Italy)
Discussion
10 min
8/11
10:10 – 10:40h
UTC -3
Title: Interactions between C. difficile, the host immune system and the indigenous microbiota
Dr. Vincent Young (Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Michigan University, MN, USA)
Discussion
10 min
8/11
10:50 – 11:20h
UTC -3
Title: Novel clostridial pathogens identified in community infections in Costa Rica
Dr. César Rodriguez (University of Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Enfermidades Tropicales [CIET], Costa Rica)
Discussion
10 min
8/11
11:30 – 12h
UTC- 3
Title: Is our brain thinking about C. difficile?
Dr. Gerly Anne Brito (Federal University of Ceará – UFC, Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil)
Discussion
10 min
Break
10 min
7/11
12:20 – 12:30h
UTC -3
Flash talks (10 min [Flash talks + Questions])
12:40h
UTC -3
