Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

Saturday, 18.09.2010
Sunday, 19.09.2010
Monday, 20.09.2010
Tuesday, 21.09.2010
Wednesday, 22.09.2010

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, abstract number.

Material from 2010:

4910 Abstracts
646 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
97 Handouts
2124 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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Treatment of bronchial infection: beyond the exacerbations

Symposium
Chairs: P. van der Valk (Enschede, Netherlands), T. Bauer (Berlin, Germany)
Aims: The aims of this session are to learn:
- the importance of bacterial colonisation in chronic bronchial disease
- the role of antibiotics in the context of bronchial colonisation
- the efficacy and risks associated with the long-term use of antibiotics in these patients

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Bacteria in the pathogenesis of COPD: does the load matter? J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
Viral persistence in the pathogenesis of COPD G. Rohde (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Efficacy and safety of antibiotic treatment of stable COPD M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain)