RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 TB or not TB: update from the ERS Respiratory Infection Assembly 10
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 665
OP 670
DO 10.1183/09031936.00054410
VO 36
IS 3
A1 M. Miravitlles
A1 G. Ferrara
A1 C. Lange
A1 G. Dimopoulos
A1 G. Rohde
A1 F. Blasi
A1 G.B. Migliori
YR 2010
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/36/3/665.abstract
AB Lower respiratory tract infections and tuberculosis represent some of the top health priorities in Europe. In the present report, the most recent advances in the field of disease control, clinical research and basic science of lower respiratory tract infections and tuberculosis are presented through analysis of some of the best abstracts presented at the 19th European Respiratory Society Congress in Vienna (Austria). 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 and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis cases is presented and its impact analysed.