Courses

TB and M/XDR-TB: from clinical management to control and elimination

Target audience

Clinicians in training with an interest in respiratory medicine/infectious diseases
Microbiology specialists
Clinical immunologist
Clinical epidemiologists
Internal medicine specialists
Public health specialists

Educational aims

To apply key epidemiological, immunological and pathological concepts to the clinical practice
Use new tools to diagnose TB infection and disease in adults and children
Treat latent TB infected individuals and drug-susceptible TB cases correctly (adults and children)
Apply the principles underlying treatment of multi-drug resistant (MDR-) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR-) TB cases
Manage adverse events of MDR- and XDR-TB treatment
Organise contact tracing
Plan investigation of a micro-epidemic
Discuss the principles behind control and elimination strategies
Identify the priority areas for research
Discuss the career opportunities in respiratory medicine

Course presentation; discussion of learning objectives; revision of training materials G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
Introduction to the FP7 TB PAN-NET EU funded project D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy)
Filling the global training gap L. D'Ambrosio (Tradate, Italy)
TB disease and infection. Do we have real news? M. Sester (Homburg Germany)
IGRA testing to diagnose TB disease and infection. What is new in clinical practice and for programmatic management D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
The new horizons of molecular diagnosis: do we still need conventional microbiology? D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy)
Exercise: design new diagnostic algorithms D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy), D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Radiological diagnosis of TB and the role of bronchoscopy: new insights C. Lange (Bostel, Germany), G.H. Bothamley (London, UK)
Interactive sessions on TB diagnosis: imaging/endoscopic procedures C. Lange (Bostel, Germany), G.H. Bothamley (London, UK)
MDR-TB management: what is new? G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
TB/HIV management: what is new? G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy), G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
Exercise: management of adverse events: discussion of clinical cases E. Ibraim (Bucharest Romania)
Exercise: management of MDR/XDR-TB cases: discussion of clinical cases provided by participants G.H. Bothamley (London, UK), E. Ibraim (Bucharest Romania)
TB in children: still a real problem? G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
Contact tracing: new principles C. Lange (Bostel, Germany), G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy)
Clinical management of LTBI (PDF)// IGRAs for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (PPT) C. Lange (Bostel, Germany), D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Evolution of TB control and elimination strategies C. Lange (Bostel, Germany), D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Exercise: investigation of a microepidemic in adults and children G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy), M. Sester (Homburg Germany), L. D'Ambrosio (Tradate, Italy)
Exercise: define research priorities at programmatic level G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), L. D'Ambrosio (Tradate, Italy)