J. Dominguez (Badalona, Spain), G. Ferrara (Solna, Sweden)
Keynote lecture: Immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis - are we asking for too much?
C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
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Risk for progression to tuberculosis among arriving immigrants with a positive IGRA
C. Mulder, H. van Deutekom, E. Huisman, S. Toumanian, B. Koster, W. Meijer-Veldman, J. van Loenhout-Rooyackers, M. Appel, S. Arend, C. Erkens, M. Borgdorff, F. van Leth (The Hague, Amsterdam, Enschede, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Groningen, Eindhoven, Leiden, Netherlands)
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Head-to-head analysis of IGRAs and skin-testing in immunocompromised patients: Interim analysis of a multicenter TBNET study
M. Sester, F. van Leth, E. Girardi, J. Bruchfeld, D. Bumbacea, D. Cirillo, A. G. Dilektasli, J. Dominguez, R. Duarte, M. Ernst, F. Eyuboglu, I. Gerogianni, D. Goletti, J. P. Janssens, I. Julander, B. Lange, I. Latorre, M. Losi, R. Markova, A. Matteelli, G. B. Migliori, H. Milburn, P. Ravn, J. Rothel, T. Scholman, P. Soccal, M. Straub, D. Wagner, A. Yalcin, C. Lange (Homburg, Freiburg, Borstel, Germany; The Hague, Netherlands; Rome, Tradate, Milano, Modena, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden; Bucharest, Romania; Ankara, Turkey; Badalona, Spain; Villa Gaia de Nova, Portugal; Thessaly, Greece; Geneva, Switzerland; Sofia, Bulgaria; London, United Kingdom; Herlev, Denmark; Carnegie, Australia)
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Specific diagnosis of tuberculosis infection sent via mail – IGRAs on paper
M. Ruhwald, I. Latorre, J. Diaz, J. Maldonado, I. Mialdea, P. Ravn, J. Dominguez, M. Aabye (Copenhagen, Denmark; Badalona, Valencia, Spain)
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Smoking is a strong independent risk factor for indeterminate and false negative IGRA results
M. G. Aabye, M. Ruhwald, G. PrayGod, D. Faurholt-Jepsen, K. Jeremiah, M. Faurholt-Jepsen, N. Range, H. Friis, J. Changalucha, A. B. Andersen, P. Ravn (Hvidovre, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark; Mwanza, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic Of)
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Bifunctional T cells allow for discrimination between latent and active tuberculosis
B. Kalsdorf, P. Essone, N. N. Chegou, A. Loxton, D. Kriel, V. Schöllhorn, M. Ernst, C. Lange, G. Walzl (Tygerberg, South Africa; Borstel, Strassberg, Germany)
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IP-10 measurement using a point of care test for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis
B. Lange, M. Vavra, W. Kern, W. Dirk (Freiburg, Germany)
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Methylated HBHA produced in M. smegmatis discriminates between active and non-active TB disease among the QFT-IT-responders
G. Delogu, T. Chiacchio, V. Vanini, O. Butera, G. Cuzzi, A. Bua, P. Molicotti, S. Zanetti, F. Lauria, S. Grisetti, N. Magnavita, G. Fadda, E. Girardi, D. Goletti (Rome, Sassari, Italy)
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