Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, abstract number.
Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, abstract number.
PG20 Global evaluation of tuberculosis from children to adults
Postgraduate CourseChairs: J. Grigg (London, United Kingdom), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
Aims: The aims of the course are to:
• Understand the ways TB in children differs from TB in adults in terms of presentation and treatment;
• Review the advantages and disadvantages of the new diagnostic techniques for TB and LTBI;
• Update participants on the evidence base of the current treatment strategies for TB in both children and adults;
• Review the approaches to multi-resistant TB; and
• Describe the main activities that should be performed for implementating interventions to prevent and manage TB.
HERMES SYLLABUS LINKS
ADULT: Module B.4 Tuberculosis
PAEDIATRIC: Tuberculosis
Educational Material
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Understanding the immune response to tuberculosis in children versus adults
B. Kampmann (London, United Kingdom)
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The burden of childhood and adult tuberculosis, including MDR and TDR TB
G. Sotgiu (Sassari, Italy)
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Identification and clinical management of LTBI in children versus adults
D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
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Differences in the clinical manifestation and diagnosis of TB in children and adults
B. Marais (Sydney, Australia)
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Challenges in TB treatment in children
J. Seddon (London, United Kingdom)
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Challenges in TB treatment in adults
J-P. Zellweger (Villars-Sur-Glâne, Switzerland)
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TB vaccination: why, when, how and what?
S. Kaufmann (Berlin, Germany)
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Implementing interventions to prevent and manage TB in both children and adults
G.B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)
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