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September 14-15, 2007
Preliminary Programme
Friday September 14
Meeting takes place at the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge
(room to be announced)
13.00-13.30 Welcome address,
Professor Jan Andersson, Div. of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm.
13.30-13.45 Introduction to the meeting and the agenda
Christoph Lange, Germany and Susanna Brighenti, Sweden
13.45-15.00 Progress of current TB projects 1-3: (chaired by S. Arend and H. Milburn)
13.45-14.00 - 1. IGRA (ELISA, ELISPOT) testing in immunocompromised patients
Martina Sester, Germany
14.00-14.15 - 2. Use of IGRA testing in TB contact tracing: database supported analysis
Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Switzerland
14.15-14.30 - 3. Active case-finding of TB in Europe: guidelines for contact tracing in different countries
Graham Bothamley, UK
14.30-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-16.00 Progress of current TB projects 4-7: (chaired by A. Bossink and Graham Bothamley)
15.00-15.15 - 4. Evaluation of clinical aspects associated with MDR- and XDR-TB
Giovanni B. Migliori, Italy
15.15-15.30 - 5. Rapid diagnosis of smear negative TB by MTB-specific ELISPOT and PCR
Christoph Lange, Germany
15.30-15.45 - 6. RD1 peptides as markers of active vs latent TB: a tool to monitor the effect of therapy
Delia Goletti, Italy
15.45-16.00 - 7. Use of a commercial T-cell interferon-g release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis
Monica Losi, Italy
16.00-17.30 Proposal for new projects (chaired by D. Goletti and J.P. Zellweger)
Presentation of 4 – 6 new projects that should be proposed until July 15th.
If there are more than 6 new proposals, a selection of projects that will be presented during the meeting will be made by the steering committee.
17.30-18.00 Summary of the afternoon sessions (chaired by C. Lange and G.B. Migliori)
18.00- Dinner/social activities (to be announced)
Saturday September 15
Meeting continues at the Stockholm International Fairs and Congress Center
(where the ERS conference is held) in room K 24
09.00-11.00 Workshops on current projects and collaborations: informal group discussions
1. Practical management of Study 1: IGRA in immunosuppressed patients
M. Sester and E. Girardi
2. Practical management of Study 2: IGRA in contact tracing
JP Zellweger and C. Egger
3. Defining translational research priorities in tuberculosis
D. Goletti and S. Brighenti
4. Proposal for a clinical training course in TB research
C. Lange and GB Migliori
11.00-12.00 Presentations of work shop discussions (15 min/group)
12.00-13.00 Lunch (supported by ERS)
13.00-14.15 Forum I (chaired by P. Ravn and P. Stoicescu)
13.00-13.30 TBNET funding: new opportunities and current status
Daniella Cirillo, Italy
13.30-14.00 TBNET constitution, authorship guidelines and ERS relationship
Giovanni B. Migliori, Italy
14.00-14.15 TBNET website management
Massimo Amicosante, Italy
14.15-14.45 Coffee break
14.45-16.00 Forum II (chaired by R. Markova and D. Cirillo)
14.45-15.00 TBNET Biobank
Susanna Brighenti, Sweden
15.00-15.15 TBNET Databank
Frank v. Leth, the Netherlands
15.15-15.30 TBNET training course on tuberculosis research
Christoph Lange, Germany
15.30-16.00 Future activities and summary of the meeting (chaired by C. Lange, Germany and G.B. Migliori, Italy)
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