Annual Congress Stockholm 2007

Saturday, 15.09.2007
Sunday, 16.09.2007
Monday, 17.09.2007
Tuesday, 18.09.2007
Wednesday, 19.09.2007

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, abstract number.

Material from 2007:

4066 Abstracts
635 Slide presentations
310 Webcasts
98 Handouts
1992 e-posters
310 Multimedia files

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XDR-Tuberculosis: a new threat

Hot topics
Chairs: R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany), V. Leimane (Riga District, Latvia)
Aims: The aim of this hot topic is to describe this newly described form of tuberculosis, focusing on the mechanism determining its selection and spread, as well as the implications and challenges XDR-tuberculosis poses to tuberculosis control and the possible approaches to tackle the epidemic. The hot topic offers the opportunity to discuss the activities of the STOP TB Europe Partnership (of which ERS is a key member) in the fight against XDR-Tuberculosis.

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XDR-tuberculosis prevention and control P. Hopewell (San Francisco, United States of America)
How to manage XDR-tuberculosis in Europe G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)