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Antibiotic resistance: the way forward

Symposium
Chairs: T. Welte (Hannover, Germany), E. Bel (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Aims: To describe factors associated with antibiotic resistance and the use of innate immunity to improve antibiotic effectiveness: to determine the optimal dose of antibiotics to eliminate infections and prevent the development and resistance; and to describe methods of eliminating biofilms.

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Patient perspective: video B. Crossley (Buxton, United Kingdom)
Optimising decision for antibiotic treatment in non-hospitalised CAP patient E. Tacconelli (Italy)
Better diagnostics for targeted antibiotic therapy H. Goossens (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium)
Improving the innate immune response in respiratory infections: the use of repurposed drugs V. Nizet (La Jolla, United States of America)
Biofilms and how to combat them: examples from cystic fibrosis T. Bjarnsholt (Copenhagen, Denmark)