PG17 Infectious disease challenges in community-acquired pneumonia and tuberculosis: improving your clinical practice

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
Aims: To provide the clinical multidisciplinary team with the latest evidence-based advice on diagnosing and managing community-acquired pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis; to describe the current developments in influenza, surveillance, vaccination and dissemination to target groups. This is a joint ERS/PREPARE/ECDC course funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme.

Update on therapeutic strategies in community-acquired pneumonia    G. Rohde (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Multidrug-resistant bacteria in community-acquired pneumonia S. Aliberti (Milan, Italy)
Influenza surveillance and vaccination: new developments R. Snacken (Solna, Sweden)