The "State of the Art" in the diagnosis of bacterial, mycobacterial, and fungal pneumonias

Journal session
Chairs: T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), M. Humbert (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
Aims: To explore the current tools available to respiratory clinicians for diagnosis of both community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia; to explore the spectrum of disease seen in healthy and immunocompromised hosts.

Clinical pneumonia: how do I make a specific diagnosis? L. Baden (Boston, United States of America)
Pneumonia diagnostics in high resource settings T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
Pneumonia diagnostics in under-resourced environments K. Maitland (Kilifi, Kenya)
Discussion and Q&A