Advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections: a joint ERS and ATS symposium

Symposium
Chairs: G. B. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), W. Yew (Hong Kong, China)
Aims: Participants will be informed about the recent developments in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. At the end of the symposium the audience should be familiar with novel techniques for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and their implication in clinical practice.
Infection or colonisation: indicators to initiate antimycobacterial treatment in nontuberculous mycobacterial infections
C. Daley (Denver, United States of America)
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Slide presentation
Advances in the rapid molecular diagnosis of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy)
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Slide presentation