Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

Saturday, 24.09.2011
Sunday, 25.09.2011
Monday, 26.09.2011
Tuesday, 27.09.2011
Wednesday, 28.09.2011

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, abstract number.


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Role of infection in exacerbations of COPD

Poster Discussion
Chairs: T. Wilkinson (Southampton, United Kingdom), S. Sethi (Buffalo, United States of America)
Human metapneumovirus involved in acute exacerbations in COPD patients?
M. Vanspauwen, F. Franssen, C. Bruggeman, E. Wouters, C. Linssen (Maastricht, Horn, Netherlands)
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Amoxicillin concentrations in sputum in relation to betalactamase activity in COPD patients
R. van der Zanden, P. van der Valk, R. Hendrix, J. van der Palen, K. Movig, M. Brusse-Keizer (Maastricht, Enschede, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Clinical and economical impact of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A two-year study
F. Blasi, C. Fornari, F. Di Stasi, S. Conti, L. G. Mantovani, L. Merlino, S. Aliberti, G. Cesana (Milan, Monza, Naples, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Safety and pharmacokinetics of multiple-dose ciprofloxacin dry powder for inhalation in patients with moderate or severe COPD
H. Stass, P. Badorrek, J. Hohlfeld, N. Krug, J. Nagelschmitz, T. Welte (Wuppertal, Hannover, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Does presence of multiple viruses in the stable state predispose COPD patients to exacerbations?
M. Vanspauwen, F. Franssen, C. Bruggeman, E. Wouters, C. Linssen (Maastricht, Horn, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The relationship between PBMC secretion of IFN-alpha following TLR7 and TLR9 activation and lung function in COPD
V. Mistry, M. Bafadhel, S. McKenna, S. Terry, C. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Bacterial load in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its relationship with airway inflammation and lung function
M. Pancholi, M. Bafadhel, S. McKenna, S. Terry, V. Mistry, C. Newby, I. Pavord, C. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Induction of cathelicidin (LL-37) in rhinovirus-induced COPD exacerbations
R. Sotero, P. Mallia, J. Footitt, M. B. Trujillo-Torralbo, T. Kebadze, C. Marco, A. Papi, G. Pelaia, R. Maselli, S. Johnston (London, United Kingdom; Catanzaro, Ferrara, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Exacerbation frequency is related to PEF self-similarity in COPD
G. Donaldson, T. Seemungal, J. Hurst, J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom; St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The role of respiratory virus infection in COPD exacerbations
X. Pomares, S. Capilla, C. Montón, D. Mariscal, M. A. Marcos, M. Espasa, E. Monsó, M. Gallego (Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Presence of pneumocystis jiroveci colonization in patients with COPD
M. Vanspauwen, F. Franssen, C. Bruggeman, E. Wouters, C. Linssen (Maastricht, Horn, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Microbiological efficacy of combined use of vaccines against S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae type B in patients with a COPD
A. Protasov, A. Zhestkov, M. Kostinov, A. Ryzhov (Samara, Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Etiology pathogens structure in community-acquired pneumonias and COPD exacerbations
A. Martynova, E. Nosuch, A. Sheparyov (Vladivostok, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Characteristic of cytokines levels of blood and sputum in COPD exacerbation
S. Nesterovich, E. Bukreeva (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Bronchial brush-biopsies cells in dependence on infectional agent species at COPD exacerbation
S. Nesterovich, E. Bukreeva (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Modification of cell mediated immune-response in patients treated with a polyvalent mechanical bacterial lysate
F. Braido, E. Traggiai, G. Lanzilli, G. Bazorro, C. Folli, V. Garelli, A. M. Riccio, G. Melioli (Genoa, Rome, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Role of endothelial dysfunction, disturbance of haemostatic reactions in pathogenesis of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE COPD)
I. Y. Tseimakh, A. P. Momot, G. I. Kostjuchenko, T. A. Kornilova, I. P. Kramar, J. A. Filonova, A. G. Chuchalin (Barnaul, Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with severe COPD. Compative study between probable invasive infection and colonization
R. Blavia, A. Flor, I. Serra, M. Morta, D. Estivill, R. Trullas, D. Perich, E. Martin, C. Perez, E. Marquilles (Manresa, Spain)
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