A course for clinicians, public health officers, medical practitioners and scientists

Program Registration

This year, the DZIF course "Clinical Tuberculosis" will be organized in collaboration with FILHA, Karolinska Institute, KNCV, TBnet and the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. The "European Advanced Course in Clinical Tuberculosis" (EACCTB) 2025 will take place from June 25th to 27th at the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, in Borstel, Germany.

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 event will be held in English

Program

Wednesday, June 25th
15:00-18:00	Satellite Symposium Health Economy in TB Prof. Alice Zwerling, University of Ottawa, Canada
Thursday, June 26th
08:15-08:50	Registration
08:50-09:00	Welcome
09:00-10:30	Session I: Chairs: Niesje Jansen, Christoph Lange
09:00-09:30	Impact of social determinants on 150 years of TB in Denmark, Anne Christine Nordholm
09:30-10:00	TBupdate: Epidemiology, Natasha Vrubleuskaya
10:00-10:30	TB transmission, Matthias Gröschel
10:30-11:00	Coffeebreak
11:00-12:30	Session II: Chairs: Gunar Günther, Ineke Spruijt
11:00-11:30	The clinical spectrum of TB, Alberto Garcia-Basteiro
11:30-12:00	TBupdate: Diagnostics, Francesca Saluzzo
12:00-12:30	TB on stage: Interactive case presentation I Presenter: Thomas Brehm; Expert panel: Onno Akkerman, Wieneke Meijer, Natasha Vrubleuskaya
12:30-13:30	Lunchbreak
13:30-15:00	Session III: Chairs: Martina Sester, Natasha Vrubleuskaya
13:30-14:00	TBupdate: Public Health & Prevention, Inken Spruijt
14:00-14:30	TBupdate: Paediatrics, Alexander Kay
14:30-15:00	TB and migration, Anca Vasiliu
15:00-15:30	Coffeebreak
15:30-17:00	Session IV: Chairs: Alberto Garcia-Basteiro, Maja Reimann
15:30-16:00	Nutrition & mycobacterial diseases, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen
16:00-16:30	TBupdate: Therapy, Onno Akkerman
16:30-17:00	TB on stage: Interactive case presentation II Presenter: Wieneke Meijer; Expert panel: Johanna Eggeling, Brit Häcker, Niklas Köhler
17:30	BBQ and sports in the garden
Friday, June 27th
09:00-10:30	Session V: Chairs: Francesca Saluzzo, Ineke Spruijt
09:00-09:30	TBupdate: M. tuberculosis drug-resistance, Christoph Lange
09:30-10:00	Post-TB lung disease, Gunar Günther
10:00-10:30	TB on stage: Interactive case presentation III Presenter: Ralf Otto-Knapp; Expert panel: Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Alexander Kay, Natasha Vrubleuskaya
10:30-11:00	Coffeebreak
11:00-12:30	Session VI: Chairs: Dumitru Chesov, Niesje Jansen
11:00-11:30	Antibiotic Stewardship for TB, Thomas Brehm
11:30-12:30	Keynote lecture: Cost effectiveness of tNGS for M. tuberculosis DST, Alice Zwerling
12:30-13:30	Lunchbreak
13:30-15:00	Session VII: Chairs: Barbara Kalsdorf, Anca Vasiliu
13:30-14:30	TBscience slam: 6 x 4 min presentation + 4 min discussion by young scientists 6 PhD candidates: Emily Behrens, Johanna Eggeling, Kathrin Held, Marit Neumann, Ole Skouvig Pedersen, Nika Zielinski
14:30-15:00	TB on stage: Interactive case presentation IV Presenter: Onno Akkerman; Expert panel: Gunar Günther, Christoph Lange, Elena Terhalle
15:00-15:30	Coffeebreak
15:30-17:00	Session VIII: Chairs: Niesje Jansen, Martina Sester
15:30-16:00	Mind the gap…on the way to EndTB, Guy Marks
16:00-16:30	Implementation in high-burden settings, Luan Vo Nguyen Quang
16:30-17:00	Is elimination of TB possible in low incidence countries? Christoph Lange
17:00	Farewell