Ann Clin Microbiol.  2013 Sep;16(3):149-151. 10.5145/ACM.2013.16.3.149.

Analysis of JSCM General Meeting Program during the Last Three Years

• Kim S

• KMID: 1494333
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2013.16.3.149

Abstract

Several members of the Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology (KSCM) have attended general meetings of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology (JSCM) for more than 6 years. Although the composition of the JSCM is quite different from that of the KSCM and the formal language of the meeting is Japanese, it is worth reviewing the program to gain an overview of the direction and progress of the JSCM. The author is convinced that there is a lot to learn from the JSCM, especially in terms of how to maintain a very low antibiotic resistance rate, and how to prevent hospital-acquired infections. I hope that both academic societies will develop further and create a continuous exchange of helpful information, which could act as a good model for exchange between other specialty groups in separate countries.

Keyword

Exchange; General meeting; Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology; Program

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans

Figure

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  Fig. 1. After a joint symposium about Clostridium difficile in Okayama, 2011.

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  Fig. 2. After a welcome party of KSCM members and Karen Bush (center, frontline) in 2012.

Reference

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2.Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology. Twenty-third Japanese society for clinical microbiology general meeting program and abstracts. 2011. 21:12–261.

3.Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology. Twenty-fouth Japanese society for clinical microbiology general meeting program and abstracts. 2012. 22:12–285.