The Scientific Organising Committee of the 32nd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2022 (ICC) invite you to submit an abstract. Please see below directions given in the format required for the abstract of the paper for 32nd ICC.

Abstract submission have now closed.

• All submissions must be made via the online Abstract Submission Portal
• The abstract MUST NOT exceed 250 words, excluding the title, authors and affiliations
• You MUST include results or data in your abstract - you may include figures and/or tables
• Abstracts that describe plans for a study or state “results will be presented” will NOT be accepted
• Do NOT include references
• Do NOT submit abstracts with typographical or grammatical errors
• Abstracts must contain original work that has not previously been reported
• Abstracts may be original research, case studies, or insight and review articles
• Full papers are NOT required
• Only the presenting author must submit the abstract
• Abstracts will NOT be reviewed if not in the specified format
• All presentations MUST be in English
• Faxed or mailed hard-copy abstracts will NOT be accepted
• Include the following sub-headings: Aim, Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions
• Include the following sub-headings for case studies: Background, Case Report, Conclusions
• All abbreviations should be given in brackets after the first full use of the word
• Use font type Arial, with single spaced lines
• Title of the paper (size 10, font type Arial, bold, centred and capitalised) and is to be followed by one blank line
• Authors’ names to be written (size 10, centred and capitalised) with initials followed by dot, family names to be written in full
• Authors to be separated by commas, presenting author marked with an asterisk, and individual authors marked with superscript number to distinguish the different affiliations
• Author’s affiliations (size 10, italic, centred) to be written on separate lines when there are more than one and the last to be followed by one blank line
• Abstract text (size 10) to be justified on middle; paragraphs are not to be indented, only separated by one blank line
• Please name your document as follows prior to submitting: Names of Authors (as per author format above) – Abstract Title

Download the abstract template here.

All accepted abstracts will be published in ISAC's open access journal, the Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (JGAR).

Should you have any queries or require more information, please contact the ICC Congress Organisers on 32icc@icms.com.au.