Athanasia Xirogianni (Greece)
University of West Attica National Meningitis Reference Laboratory, Department of Public Health PolicyAthanasia Xirogianni studied Biochemistry and Biotechnology at University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Larisa, Greece.
She was awarded a PhD degree in the field of Molecular Microbiology by the University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, in 2010.
She has been working at the National Meningitis Reference Laboratory since 2005, when she started her collaboration as a PhD student and since 2009, as a laboratory scientist. In 2020, she was selected for the position of Laboratory Teaching Staff of the Dpt of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica.
Her field of expertise is on the molecular diagnosis of meningitis and other bacterial infections, as well as the further research in this field (bacteria molecular identification and typing -especially N.meningitidis, H.influenzae, S.pneumoniae and other Streptococcus spp., surveillance of meningococcal disease through molecular typing of meningococcal strains, study of vaccine antigens of N.meningitidis, study of S.pneumoniae serotypes.
She also works as an external collaborator-evaluator of the Hellenic Accreditation System on the ISO 15189 standard for clinical laboratories.
Author Of 2 Presentations
Young ESPID Coordinator
Date
Wed, 11.05.2022
Session Time
18:30 - 19:20
Session Type
Meet The Experts
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Room
MC 2 HALL
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Lecture Time
18:30 - 18:30
Case Presentation: Interpretation of EUCAST Breakpoints and How to Deal with: The Example of P.Aeruginosa
Date
Wed, 11.05.2022
Session Time
18:30 - 19:20
Session Type
Meet The Experts
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Room
MC 2 HALL
Presenter
Lecture Time
18:35 - 18:57
Presenter of 2 Presentations
Case Presentation: Interpretation of EUCAST Breakpoints and How to Deal with: The Example of P.Aeruginosa
Date
Wed, 11.05.2022
Session Time
18:30 - 19:20
Session Type
Meet The Experts
Session Name
Room
MC 2 HALL
Presenter
Lecture Time
18:35 - 18:57
Young ESPID Coordinator
Date
Wed, 11.05.2022
Session Time
18:30 - 19:20
Session Type
Meet The Experts
Session Name
Room
MC 2 HALL
Presenter
Lecture Time
18:30 - 18:30
Poster Author Of 1 e-Poster
PD116 - STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE MENINGITIS AND/OR SEPTICEMIA AND SEROTYPE SURVEILLANCE IN CHILDREN, DURING 2010-2021 IN GREECE (ID 1186)
Session Name
0350 - Poster Discussion Session 07: Non-Respiratory Infections (ID 8)
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