POSTER DIMENSIONS
Posters should be portrait. Size: 1m x 2m maximum.
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FIS 2008 Abstract Submission Instructions
The following procedures must be adhered to precisely for your abstract. Abstracts MUST be limited to 400 words, including the abstract category, title, references and author details.
Font
The type must be Arial 10-point.
Abstracts MUST be structured as follows to be considered for review
Statement of specific objectives of the study.
Concise description of methods.
A summary of results obtained.
Conclusions – summary statement of conclusions/key findings
Clear indication of abstract category in the top right-hand corner.
Abstract categories are:
• Aetiology
• Antibiotic Pharmacy
• Antimicrobials and Antivirals
• Bacterial Infections
• Clinical Lessons
• Clinical Trials
• Epidemiology
• Experimental Infections
• Fungal Infections
• Helminthic Infections
• HIV and Other Retrovirus Infections
• Host Defences
• Immunomodulators
• Infections in the Compromised Host
• New Antiinfectives
• Nosocomial Infections
• Obstetrics; Gynaecology Infections
• Paediatric Infections
• Pathogenesis
• Prevention – Vaccines
• Protozoan Infections
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Surgical Infections
• Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
Title Format
Please adhere to the following title format
EXAMPLE TITLE FORMAT OF ABSTRACT FOR FIS 2008
A. Author1 and A.Delegate2 and A.Student3
Faculty of Medicine, Alexander University, Rome, Italy
Leave one line after the authors’ addresses and underline the name of the presenting author.
Abbreviations must be defined when they first occur and must not be used in the title.
Submission Details
Please submit by email either as a word document or as a PDF attachment to ehewings@bsac.org.uk
Faxed submissions or photocopies will not be accepted.
Submission deadline: Friday 31 October 2008
NOTE: Remember you MUST register for the conference IN ADDITION TO submitting an abstract.