Respiratory infections
State of the art session
Respiratory infections
Clinical
Emerging challenges and opportunities in respiratory infections
Aims : To review the challenges and opportunities in respiratory infections, including antibiotics for pneumonia, bronchiectasis, antibiotic resistance and challenges for the upcoming decade; to discuss the available evidence and more recent recommendations regarding treatment and prevention of tuberculosis (TB).
Target audience :
Adult pulmonologist/Clinician, Clinical researcher, General practitioner, Medical Student, Nurse, Patient, Physician in Pulmonary Training, Respiratory therapist
Methods :
Epidemiology, General respiratory patient care, Public health
14:45
Introduction
1
1231
14:50
Bronchiectasis: state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
A. Shoemark(Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom)
COI
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Description
2
1232
15:05
Antibiotic resistance in respiratory infections: challenges and actions for the upcoming decade
M. Shteinberg(Haifa, Israel)
COI
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Description
3
1233
15:20
Has the time come to shorten TB treatment and TB preventive therapy?
C. Magis-Escurra(Nijmegen, Netherlands)
COI
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Description
4
1234
15:35
The challenges of severe pneumonia: new pathogens, new drugs and new formulations
M. Niederman(New York, United States)
COI
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Description
5
1235
15:50
Discussion and Q&A
6
1236
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