Presentations
38th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2007
Third Annual FIND-BD Symposium on MGIT Culture and Drug Susceptibility Testing
On November 9, in conjunction with the Union’s International Scientific Conference in Cape Town, FIND and BD hosted its third annual symposium on MGIT culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST). While the first two symposia were devoted to the FIND demonstration projects of MGIT case finding and DST for rapid diagnosis of MDR TB, this year’s event featured a wider range of presentations. These included an overview of WHO’s new policy guidance on liquid culture and DST and plans for expansion of laboratory capacity in response to the dual epidemics of TB/HIV and MDR TB.
Carole Jefferson (BD Diagnostics, USA):
BD plans for customer support [pdf 165kb]
Maxime Lunga (World Care Council, Africa):
Civil Society and advocacy for expansion of culture & DST [pdf 95kb]
CREATE (Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic, USA):
Economic analyses of MGIT in Brazil, Zambia and South Africa [pdf 392kb]
Hojoon Sohn, MPH (FIND Consultant):
Economic analysis of FIND MGIT demonstration project in Samara and Manila [pdf 695kb]
E. Jane Carter, MD (AMPATH, MOI University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya)
Evaluation of algorithm for smear negative, HIV positive suspects [pdf 502kb]
Erik C. Böttger (Universität Zürich, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Nationales Zentrum für Mykobakterien, Switzerland)
Extended quantitative first- and second-line drug susceptibility testing (DST) on MGIT 960 using BD epicenter software - [pdf 192kb]
Kimberly McCarthy, B.Sc., M.M. (CDC, Division of Tuberculosis Eimination, USA):
Laboratory performance indicators [pdf 375kb]
Heather Alexander Konopka, PhD (CDC, USA):
Summary report to WHO on liquid culture and DST [pdf 127kb]
C.N. Paramasivan (FIND, Geneva):
Status of Capilia evaluation and demonstration projects [pdf 381kb]
John Ridderhof, DrPH (National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases (CCID/CDC), USA):
Global Laboratory Initiative [pdf 980kb]
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