Infection
PG10 Postgraduate Course
Tuberculosis management: a personalised clinical approach
Clinical
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €140 on site, €125 standard or €95 for early bird registration.
Aims : Access educational materials here
To update the knowledge and clinical skills of healthcare workers in the management of drug-susceptible tuberculosis; to improve the effectiveness of diagnosis, particularly in low-income areas; and to throw light on the necessary infection control activities.
Target audience :
Clinician, Pulmonologist, TB specialist, Public health official, Nurse
09:30
Diagnostic opportunities in low-income countries
K. Dheda(Cape Town, South Africa)
COI
1
69
10:15
When, where, and how to treat tuberculosis in multiple drug resistant patients
P. Nahid(San Francisco, United States)
COI
2
70
11:30
In and outpatient infection control activities
R. Dlodlo(Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)
COI
4
72
12:15
Contact tracing to detect new patients and new infected cases
C. Erkens('S-Gravenhage, Netherlands)
COI
5
73
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