Respiratory infections and tuberculosis

Abstract

The present supplement of the European Respiratory Journal assembles a number of reviews on “Respiratory Infections and tuberculosis”. It emanates from a symposium held in Barcelona on 26th January 2002. The symposium was organised by the European Institute of Health Care, an institute set up by AstraZeneca. It was the third symposium of that kind organised by this Institute. The goals of the Institute were extensively discussed in Supplements 34 and 35 1, 2. We also elaborated on the potential role of pharmaceutical companies in the postgraduate education of chest physicians, together with other and perhaps more logical contributors to the field, such as national and international professional societies, governmental bodies and bodies related to the European Commission. The scientific programme of the meeting was put together by an independent programme committee. At the core of this programme committee are the three editors of the present Supplement, who are united by nothing other than their commitment to postgraduate medical education and scientific …