PG13 Challenges in the treatment of tuberculosis

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: J. Heyckendorf (Hamburg, Germany), R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal)
Aims: Access educational materials here
To help clinicians to confidently manage all tuberculosis patients with the aim of achieving tuberculosis elimination in Europe and elsewhere; to help clinicians treat tuberculosis in patients with whom failure of treatment or adherence could result in drug resistance; and to address concerns regarding heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation with current second-line drugs.

Diagnosing and treating paediatric tuberculosis infections F. Brinkmann (Bochum, Germany)
Treating multiple-drug resistant tuberculosis L. Guglielmetti (Paris, France)
Treating tuberculosis in patients with comorbidities R. van Hest (Groningen, Netherlands)
Treating acute complications and the severely ill patient with tuberculosis G. Hagan (Solihull (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
Group assignment F. Brinkmann (Bochum, Germany), L. Guglielmetti (Paris, France), R. van Hest (Groningen, Netherlands), G. Hagan (Solihull (West Midlands), United Kingdom)