Bacterial
Special Interest Group
The Bacterial Special Interest Group (BSIG) works under the auspices
of BASHH to provide educational and research support in the field
of bacterial sexually transmitted infections.
Aims
To promote communication between microbiologists and clinicians
involved in the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted
infection by:
- offering courses in specialist
areas e.g. microscopy course
- production of educational material
- organisation of symposia on new areas
- arranging update meetings, e.g. syphilis update days
Steering Committee
The steering committee is responsible for promoting the aims of
the group and comprises:
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Catherine Ison PhD, FRCPath.
Director, Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory
SRMD, Health Protection Agency
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Caroline Carder FIBMS
Chief Biomedical Scientist, University College London Hospitals,
London.
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Dr. Fiona Boag MBBS FRCP Consultant
Physician in HIV and GUM Chelsea Westminster Hospital London.
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Dr Catherine Lowndes, PhD, Consultant
Scientist (Epidemiology), Head STI section, Health Protection
Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London
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Elizabeth Claydon FRCP
Consultant in GU Medicine/HIV, North Devon
District Hospital, Barnstaple, Devon.
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Arnold Fernandes MRCOG, DFFP,
DipGUM Senior Registrar, Bristol
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Justin Gaffney, GUNA Chair. Lead
Nurse Practioner/Manager
Working Men Project - St. Mary's NHS Trust
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Beng Goh, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPI, Dip
Ven, Dip Derm
GU Physician, Bart's & The London NHS Trust & Moorfields
Eye Hospital NHS Trust
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Phillip Hay FRCP
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine,
St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London.
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Patrick Horner MD
Consultant in Genitourinary medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary
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Frances Keane MD, MRCP
Consultant in GU/HIV Medicine, Truro, Cornwall.
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Iona Martin, PhD, Research Associate
in Medical Microbiology
Imperial College, Faculty of Medicine, London
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Geoffrey Ridgway MD, MRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Microbiologist, University College London Hospitals
and Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College and London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London.
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Angela Robinson MBBS, FRCP
Consultant/Honorary Senior Lecturer, University College London
in Genitourinary Medicine, Mortimer Market Centre, Camden & Islington Community Health Services Trust.
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Jonathan Ross MD, FRCP
Consultant Physician, Whittall Street Clinic, Birmingham and Honorary
Senior Lecturer at Birmingham University
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Mohsen Shahmanesh MD FRCP
Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine and HIV
Whittall Street Clinic and University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham
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David Taylor-Robinson MD, MRCP,
FRCPath
Emeritus Professor of Genitourinary Microbiology & Medicine,
London.
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S. Uthayakumar Consultant Physician
GUM & HIV
Lister Hospital, Stevenage
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Hugh Young DSc, FRCPath
Director, Scottish Neisseria gonorrhoeae Reference Laboratory
and Hon. Clinical Scientist, Lothian University NHS Trust
How to join the BSIG
Any member of BASHH with an interest in bacterial sexually transmitted
infections can apply to join the Bacterial Special Interest Steering
Group. For informal enquiries please contact members of the Group
directly or via bashh@rsm.ac.uk
[BASHH Secretariat, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, UK]
Microscopy for Sexually Transmitted Infections Textbook
Click here for sample chapter and
order form
Unravelling Bacterial
Vaginosis
January 2003, Royal Society of Medicine
At the January 2003 OGM the BSIG
addressed the issue of 'Unravelling BV'. This was an interactive
session, with questions posed to the audience. The problems of
managing recurrent cases of BV, treatment particularly in pregnancy
and the diagnostic dilemmas were considered. A survey of methods
used for diagnosis and of a pilot quality assurance for Gram-stained
smear was presented and demonstrated considerable diversity leading
to the recommendation for a standardised method to be introduced
to give a comparable diagnosis of BV between clinics.
Each of the talks can be viewed:
Managing bothersome BV, BV in pregnancy, Diagnostic methods for
BV - can we do better and Diagnostic dilemmas. The photographs
demonstrating the grading scheme proposed can be seen in the laboratory
manual "Microscopy for STIs" which can be ordered through
this website.
PowerPoint presentations
Meetings
and Events
-BSIG
meetings are held in London every 3 months
-BSIG Microscopy Course
The microscopy course is held at:
Sir Alex Fleming Building
Imperial College
Exhibition Road
London (Next to South Kensington tube station)
A waiting list is in operation for the course. Contact the BASHH
Secretariat to get on this list.
The cost of the microscopy course is now £150 for BASHH
members and £170 for non members. Course fee includes:
A copy of the manual 'Microscopy for STIs'
Course book
Seminars and practicals
Lunch
Tea & Coffee
The course does NOT include Dark Ground microscopy, for which
a separate half day course is organised.
The next Microscopy Course will be held on 8th March 2008
Please click 'here' for the registration form
Further details available from:
BASHH Secretariat, Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, London
W1G 0AE
Telephone: 020 7290 2968/3904
Fax: 020 7290 2989
email: bashh@rsm.ac.uk
Places are limited and please do not send a
cheque until a place is confirmed.
- Dark Ground Microscopy Course (click 'here' for the registration form)
A half day dark ground microscopy course is run by the BSIG
The next DGM course will be held on Saturday 26th January 2008
The course will be held at the Ambrose King Centre, Royal London
Hospital, Whitechapel, London and will be from 9.00am until
12.00pm
The cost of the course (including refreshments) is now £80
for members and £100 for non members.
Further details available from:
BASHH Secretariat, Royal Society of Medicince, 1 Wimpole Street,
London W1G OAE.
Telephone: 020 7290 3904
Fax: 020 7290 2989
email: bashh@rsm.ac.uk
Places are limited so please do not send a cheque until your
place is confirmed.
Reports
Annual
Report, 2001
Links
to other sites:
Microbiology
Epidemiology
Medical Societies
Mycology Network Report
Click here to view the by the Report by the Working Group of the Health Protection Agency Advisory Committee for Fungal Infection and Superficial Parasites, entitled "Fungal Diseases in the UK. The current inadequate provision of support for diagnosis and treatment: assessment and proposed network solution" produced " (Nov 2004)
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