The Next TBnet Webinar – "endTB-Q trial: a short treatment regimen for pre-XDR TB"
Join us tomorrow on February 27, 2025 at 17:00 CET for the latest TBnet/ESGMYC webinar on "endTB-Q trial: a short treatment regimen for pre-XDR TB".
More information and free registration: https://www.tbnet.eu/post/tbnet-esgmyc-webinar-endtb-q-trial-a-short-treatment-regimen-for-pre-xdr-tb-on-february-27-2025
TBnet Academy 2025 – Applications now open!
We are very happy to announce that the application for the 2025 TBnet Academy, held from May 18 to May 21 in Tirana, Albania, is now open.
TBnet Academy is a wonderful opportunity to be in contact with your peers from different geographic regions of Europe and to learn about the latest developments in the fields of tuberculosis and NTM-infections from experienced colleagues.
Applications for one of the 20 stipends for the TBnet Academy, which covers:
· free hotel accommodation,
· meals,
· plus 100 € for travel,
will be evaluated on the basis of your experience, motivation, country of origin and field(s) of interest to have a fair selection of the best representatives of the forthcoming generation of clinicians/scientists in our field.
Applications are open to all members 35 years and younger (for signing up for a free TBnet membership visit: https://www.tbnet.eu/become-a-member). The 2025 TBnet Academy is sponsored by the UNITE4TB consortium, an EU-IMI funded research project.
Please visit https://www.tbnet.eu/tbnet-academy to find more details about the application process for the TBnet Academy 2025 and access the agenda and online application form for the fellowship grant. The online form should be completed and submitted together with your one-page CV and one-page motivation letter by the 2nd of March 2025.
NTM-net survey on M. abscessus treatment strategies
Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus disease is highly complex. For this highly drug-resistant mycobacterium very few active antibiotics exist and those few drugs are highly toxic and not universally available or affordable.
These factors, combined with individual experiences and preferences, impact on the selection of antibiotics for the first -or intensive- phase of antibiotic treatment.
To study these preferences, we invite you to participate in an NTM-net survey study.
Our request to you: participate in a 7-minute survey of case-based treatment decisions
Target group: physicians with experience treating M. abscessus disease (no limits on amount of experience)
We hope you will join the survey so we can better understand differences in treatment approaches.
The survey is accessed through this link:
Thank you so much for your willingness to join the survey and your support for NTM-net!
If you find a flaw in the survey, want to voice an opinion on the matter that can help the study or be part of the manuscript writing team, please reach out to: jakko.vaningen@radboudumc.nl
Save the Date: EACCTB 2025
The EACCTB is an annual course organized by TBnet, KNCV, FILHA and the Karolinska Institute. The EACCTB 2025 is going to take place in cooperation with the Clinical Tuberculosis Course (ClinTB course) of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) in the historic Manor House of the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, in Borstel (30 minutes from Hamburg airport), Germany, June 25 – 27.
The course offers a comprehensive update of the clinical management of tuberculosis as well as cutting-edge science. Topics covered include updates on the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in adults and children, hot topics like tuberculosis & migration or Antibiotic Stewardship and on-stage interactive case presentations. The course faculty includes international experts in the field of clinical tuberculosis. The Visiting Professor in Tuberculosis 2025, Professor Alice Zwerling from the University in Ottawa, Canada, will conduct a Satellite Workshop on “Health Economy in TB” for Residents and Fellows and a Keynote lecture on “Cost effectiveness of novel molecular methods for drug susceptibility testing”.
The EACCTB 2025 in Borstel is excellently suited for a comprehensive update on the practical management of tuberculosis for cross-disciplinary exchange and networking.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Borstel this summer!
The program and the registration link will be released soon.
For more information visit https://www.tbnet.eu/advanced-course
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