Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.

Material from 2008:

3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
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Priorities for tuberculosis research in Europe: discussing the results of the Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (TBNET)

Symposium
Chairs: F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
Aims: The aim of this symposium is to inform participants about the latest research proceedings of collaborative clinically orientated research on tuberculosis in Europe.
At the end of the symposium the audience should be familiar with the latest results of ongoing and recently finished trials within the TBNET.

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How do guidelines for contact tracing compare in European countries? G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom)
Clinical outcomes of patients with drug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-infection in immunocompromised hosts M. Sester (Homburg, Germany)
Discriminating active from latent tuberculosis by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-peptide specific immunoresponses D. Goletti (Roma, Italy)