ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Respiratory Infections Assembly

Oliver W Meldrum; Kylie B R Belchamber; Kiarina D Chichirelo-Konstantynovych; Katie L Horton; Tetyana V Konstantynovych; Merete B Long; Melissa J McDonnell; Lidia Perea; Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro; Michael R Loebinger; Raquel Duarte; Holly R Keir

doi:10.1183/23120541.00642-2021

ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Respiratory Infections Assembly

ERJ Open Res. 2022 May 23;8(2):00642-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00642-2021. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Oliver W Meldrum¹, Kylie B R Belchamber², Kiarina D Chichirelo-Konstantynovych³, Katie L Horton^{4

5}, Tetyana V Konstantynovych³, Merete B Long⁶, Melissa J McDonnell⁷, Lidia Perea⁸, Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro^{9

10}, Michael R Loebinger^{11

12}, Raquel Duarte^{13

14

15}, Holly R Keir⁶

Affiliations

¹ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
² Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine.
⁴ Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
⁵ Academic Unit of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK.
⁶ Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
⁷ Galway University Hospitals and National University of Ireland (NUIG), Galway, Ireland.
⁸ IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁰ Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique.
¹¹ Host Defence Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
¹² National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
¹³ Pulmonology Unit, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho EPE, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
¹⁴ Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
¹⁵ Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Abstract

The European Respiratory Society International Congress 2021 took place virtually for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Congress programme featured more than 400 sessions and 3000 abstract presentations, covering the entire field of respiratory science and medicine. In this article, early career members of the Respiratory Infections Assembly summarise a selection of sessions across a broad range of topics, including presentations on bronchiectasis, non-tuberculosis mycobacteria, tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis and COVID-19.

Publication types

Review