PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. Miravitlles
AU  - G. Ferrara
AU  - C. Lange
AU  - G. Dimopoulos
AU  - G. Rohde
AU  - F. Blasi
AU  - G.B. Migliori
TI  - TB or not TB: update from the ERS Respiratory Infection Assembly 10
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.00054410
DP  - 2010 Jan 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - erj00544-2010
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2010/06/04/09031936.00054410.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2010/06/04/09031936.00054410.full
AB  - Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) and tuberculosis represent some of top health priorities in Europe. In this report the most recent advances in the field of disease control, clinical research and basic science of LRTIs and tuberculosis are presented through the analysis of some of the best abstracts presented at the 19th ERS Congress in Vienna.Pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prognostic factors, and novel diagnostic techniques relevant for bacterial and viral infections as well as new tools for the diagnosis of latent and active tuberculosis in different sub-groups of patients are discussed. The growing epidemiological threat represented by multidrug-resistant (MDR-) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR-) tuberculosis cases is presented and its impact analysed.