The 5th annual scientific meeting of microbiology and immunology department faculty of medicine under the name of” Microbiology and immunology updates “

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The 5th annual scientific meeting of microbiology and immunology department faculty of medicine under the name of” Microbiology and immunology updates “ The meeting was sponsored by Prof Dr Kheir Abdel Lattif Vice-president of the October 6 university board of trustees. The meeting starts by a talk of Prof Dr Dawlat El Meligui Vice-Dean of faculty of medicine and a talk for Professor Mona Gharib head of the department. The first lecture was presented by Prof Nehal El Koufi head of pediatric department and was about Adult vaccination. She focused on the importance of many vaccines recommended for adults the most important of which Hepatitis B and A, MMR, Meningococcal vaccine, chicken pox, influenza and pneumococcal vaccines. The second lecture was presented by Iman Wali ass. Prof of microbiology faculty of medicine Cairo university and was about the recent recurrence of a virulent and a fatal type of Coronavirus that was discovered in Saudia kingdom in September 2012 and cause acute renal failure. After the break Dr Yasmin Samin Ass lecturer gave a lecture about the recent therapy of extended beta lactamase producing organisms. Her lecture was followed by the presentation of Prof Dr Hala Badawi head of infection control unit Tuodor Bilharz institute about occult Hepatitis B and the recent laboratory methods used for its detection. Dr heba Helmi lecturer of chest department of medicine October 6 university gave a brief hint about immunological therapy in cases of Bronchial Athma. At the end of the meeting Prof Dr Mona Gharib gave several updates in the field of infection control.