Rifampicin resistance, MDRTB, and new drug treatments

Poster Discussion
Chairs: Daniela Maria Cirillo (Milan, Italy), Marieke van der Werf (Stockholm, Sweden)

The global response to rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: Current situation and recent trends Dennis Falzon (Geneva, Switzerland), Dennis Falzon, Nguyen Linh Nhat, Jaramilloe Ernesto, Weyer Karin
Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) in eastern Europe Dennis Falzon (Geneva, Switzerland), Dennis Falzon, Andrei Dadu, Arax Hovhannesyan, Matteo Zignol, Masoud Dara
Estimation of XDR-TB in European part of the Russian Federation Vadim Testov (Fryazino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation), Vadim Testov, Irina Vasilyeva, Vladimir Puzanov, Anastasia Samoilova, Victor Punga
Rifampicin (Rif)-resistant tuberculosis (TB) on GeneXpert in Mumbai, India: How effective is the best derived empiric regimen? Jai Mullerpattan (Mumbai, India), Jai Mullerpattan, Chaitali Nikam, Ujjwal Sharma, Radhika Banka, V. Pratibh Prasad, Camilla Rodrigues, Lancelot Pinto
Interpretation of indeterminate RIF-susceptibility results obtained by rapid molecular diagnostics test Elmira Gurbanova (Baku, Azerbaijan), Elmira Gurbanova, Rafail Mehdiyev, Kai Blondal, Rasim Tahirli, Fuad Mirzayev, Doris Hillemann, Asker Ismayilov, Alan Altraja
Rapid detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis from MODS culture by PCR Simona Peter (Iasi, Romania), Simona Peter, Andrei-Tudor Cernomaz, Florin Rusu-Cordunean, Ina-Iuliana Macovei, Ionut Pavel, Radu Zonda, Bogdan-Dragos Grigoriu
MIC and gyrA/B genetic analyses of fluoroquinolones against mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in Japan Lina Yi (Kiyose, Japan), Lina Yi, Akio Aono, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Yuriko Igarashi, Takashi Ofuji, Kentaro Sakashita, Hiroyuki Yamada, Akiko Takaki, Satoshi Mitarai
Detection of first and second line drug resistance mutations from multi drug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by Ion Torrent whole genome sequencing (WGS) Ionuț Pavel (Iași, Romania), Ionut Pavel, Ina Iuliana Macovei, Simona Péter, Daniela Diculencu, Florin Rusu-Cordunean, Bogdan Dragos Grigoriu
Transmission pattern of MDR-TB in Singapore 2005-2015 Cynthia Chee (Singapore, Singapore), Cynthia Chee, Leo Lim, Li-Yang Hsu, Jeffery Cutter, Yee-Tang Wang
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in pregnant women: Treatment and birth outcomes Andrii Dudnyk (Vinnytsia, Ukraine), Andrii Dudnyk, Olena Pavel’chuk
Effectiveness and safety of meropenem/clavulanate-containing regimens in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Marie-Christine Payen (Bruxelles, Belgium), Marie-Christine Payen, Simon Tiberi, Giovanni Sotgiu Sotgiu, Lia D’Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Marcos Abdo Arbex, Edith Alarcon Arrascue, Jan Willem Alffenaar, Jose A. Caminero, Mina Gaga, Gina Gualano, Alena Skrahina, Yvan Solovic, Giogia Sulis, Marina Tadolini, Valentina Alarcon Guizado, Saviero De Lorenzo, Aurora Arias, Anna Scardigli, Onno W. Akkerman, Alena Aleksa, Janina Artsukevich, Vera Avchinko, Eduardo Henrique Bonini, Felix Antonio Chong Marin, Lorena Collahuazo Lopez, Gerard De Vries, Simone Dore, Heinke Kunst, Alberto Matteelli, Charalampos Moschos, Fabrizio Palmieri, Apostolos Papavasileiou, Andrea Piana, Antonio Spanevello, Dante Vargas Vasquez, Pietro Viggiani, Veronica White, Alimuddin Zumla, Giovanni Battista Migliori
Effectiveness and safety of imipenem/clavulanate- versus meropenem/clavulanate-containing regimens in the treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis Simon Tiberi (London, United Kingdom), Simon Tiberi, Giovanni Sotgiu, Lia D’Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Marcos Abdo Arbex, Edith Alarcon Arrascue, Jan Willem Alffenaar, Jose A. Caminero, Mina Gaga, Gina Gualano, Alena Skrahina, Ivan Solovic, Giorgia Sulis, Marina Tadolini, Valentina Alarcon Guizado, Saverio De Lorenzo, Aurora Jazmin Roby Arias, Anna Scardigli, Onno W. Akkerman, Alena Aleksa, Janina Artsukevich, Eduardo Henrique Bonini, Felix Antonio Chong Marin, Lorena Collahuazo Lopez, Gerard de Vries, Simone Dore, Heinke Kunst, Alberto Matteelli, Charalampos Moschos, Fabrizio Palmieri, Apostolos Papavasileiou, Marie-Christine Payen, Andrea Piana, Antonio Spanevello, Dante Vargas Vasquez, Pietro Viggiani, Veronica White, Alimuddin Zumla, Giovanni Battista Migliori
Opportunities of application of short regimens for MDR-TBat the expense of using intravenous administration of anti-TB drugs during intensive phase Aleksey Denysov (Kiev, Ukraine), Aleksey Denysov, Nataliia Lytvynenko, Ganna Varytska, Tetiana Sprynsian
Effectiveness and safety of six month chemotherapy course of XDR TB including bedaquiline and linezolid Alexander Bazhenov (Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation), Alexander Bazhenov, Eugene Egorov, Valentina Ohtyarkina, Stanislav Shipunov, Oleg Bazhenov
Efficiency of MDR-TB therapy with the use of thioureidoiminomethylpyridinii perchlorate Anna Starshinova (St-Peterburg, Russian Federation), Anna Starshinova, Maria Pavlova, Evgenia Istomina, Ekaterina Belaeva, Irina Chernokhaeva, Peter Yablonskiy
Therapeutic effect of adenoviral vector-mediated GM-CSF gene transfer in lung antimycobacterial immunity in M. bovis BCG infected mice Alena Singpiel (Hannover, Germany), Alena Singpiel, Julia Kramer, Regina Maus, Jennifer Stolper, Tobias Welte, Jack Gauldie, Martin Kolb, Ulrich A. Maus
Potential role of autologous mesenchymal stromal cells in the treatment of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis Aliaksandr Skrahin (Minsk, Belarus), Aliaksandr E. Skrahin, Helen E. Jenkins, Hennadz Hurevich, Varvara Solodovnokova, Yanina Isaikina, Dzmitri Klimuk, Zoya Rohava, Alena Skrahina