PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. Miravitlles
AU  - G. Sotgiu
AU  - G. Dimopoulos
AU  - G. Rohde
AU  - R. Centis
AU  - G. Ferrara
AU  - S. Ewig
AU  - F. Blasi
AU  - G.B. Migliori
TI  - The Best on Infections, update from the 2010 <em>ERS</em> Conference
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.00040011
DP  - 2011 Jan 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - erj00400-2011
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2011/03/21/09031936.00040011.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2011/03/21/09031936.00040011.full
AB  - Respiratory tract infections and tuberculosis are among the leading reasons for seeking medical care. In this report the most recent advances in the field of clinical research and basic sciences of respiratory infections and tuberculosis are presented through the analysis of some of the best abstracts presented at the 20th ERS Congress in Barcelona and their subsequent publications in major journals. The role of viruses in COPD exacerbations, the importance of new biomarkers in the management and risk assessment of LRTIs, new modalities of treatment of respiratory infections as well as new tools for the diagnosis of latent and active tuberculosis in special subgroups of patients (children, immunocompromised individuals), and the new epidemiological threat of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis cases are discussed.