Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

Saturday, 18.09.2010
Sunday, 19.09.2010
Monday, 20.09.2010
Tuesday, 21.09.2010
Wednesday, 22.09.2010

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, abstract number.


Material from 2010:
  • 4910 Abstracts
  • 646 Slide presentations
  • 250 Webcasts
  • 97 Handouts
  • 2124 e-posters
  • 250 Multimedia files
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Immune responses for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

E-Communication Session
Chairs: J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland), A. Bossink (Den Dolder, Netherlands)
Serial testing for tuberculosis infection in a cohort of Indian nursing students: QFT conversions and reversions
P. James, D. J. Christopher, B. Premkumar, L. Armstrong, A. Zwerling, M. Pai (Vellore, India; Montreal, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Repeat testing of ELISpot-positive TB contacts at 32 to 36 months post-exposure
C. Chee, K. W. KhinMar, S. H. Gan, T. Barkham, Y. T. Wang (Singapore, Singapore)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Serial testing with the interferon-γ release assay in German healthcare workers
A. Schablon, R. Diel, F. Ringshausen, A. Nienhaus (Hamburg, Germany; , Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Serial testing with the interferon-γ release assay in Portuguese healthcare workers
J. Torres Costa, R. Silva, R. Sá, M. J. Cardoso, A. Nienhaus (Porto, Portugal; Hamburg, Germany)
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Frequent detection of discordant results of two interferon-γ release assays in an aged population
F. C. Ringshausen, H. Knoop, A. Nienhaus, J. Bünger, V. Harth, F. Hoffmeyer, R. Merget, G. Schultze-Werninghaus, G. Rohde (Bochum, Hamburg, Germany; , Switzerland; , Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Use of quantiferon-TB in tube in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: A multicenter study
M. Losi, A. Fabio, M. L. Bocchino, M. Peracchi, P. Dal Monte, I. Crespi, C. Del Giovane, M. Meacci, A. Sanduzzi, L. Fallico, G. Lombardi, G. Fortina, M. Apice, A. Matarese, R. Manganelli, A. Pace, G. L. Molinari, A. Camaggi, F. Rumpianesi, L. M. Fabbri, L. Richeldi (Modena, Naples, Padua, Bologna, Novara, Italy)
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Effects of corticosteroid treatment on the performance of QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube test in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection
M. Ruhwald, E. Belard, S. Semb, A. M. Werlinrud, B. Soborg, B. K. Jensen, M. Hetland, I. Nordgaard-Lassen, P. Ravn (Copenhagen, Copenhagen Amager, Denmark)
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The value of tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon – gamma release assay (IGRA) in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) according to age group
K. Lewandowska, U. Demkow, M. Bychawska, J. Kus (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Performance of the tuberculin skin test and Interferon-gamma release assays for detection of tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised patients in a TB endemic population
A. Socaci, V. Tudorache, G. Nini (Timisoara, Arad, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
QuantiFERON-TB Gold for detection of latent and active tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised versus immune-competent
N. Hasaneen, A. Fathy, A. Fouad, D. Magdi (Egypt)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Performance and post-treatment conversion of latent tuberculosis test (QUANTIFERON) in immunocompromised patients with neoplasmatic disease
G. Hardavella, A. Charpidou, N. Rovina, M. Salomidou, S. Karabela, I. Gkiozos, N. Poulakis (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Results of IGRA tests in a prison from a high-TB burden country
A. Sorete Arbore, V. Cojocariu, C. Petrovici, L. Mocanu (Iasi, Romania)
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Patients with culture positive active tuberculosis but negative "QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube Test" (QFT) – A critical view on the cut-off in clinical praxis
S. Vesenbeckh, T. Bergmann, H. Mauch, H. Rüssmann, N. Schönfeld, T. Blum, T. Bauer (Berlin, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Concordance between QFT and TST in a cohort of Indian nursing students
D. J. Christopher, P. James, P. Daley, L. Armstrong, B. Premkumar, J. Sarojini Michael, A. Zwerling, M. Pai (Vellore, India; Montreal, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
TB-specific Interferon-γ concentration after treatment of latent TB-infection
A. Nienhaus, J. Torres Costa, R. Silva, R. Sá, M. J. Cardoso (Porto, Portugal; Hamburg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
High annual risk of TST conversions in a cohort of Indian nursing students
D. J. Christopher, P. James, P. Daley, L. Armstrong, B. Premkumar, A. Zwerling, M. Pai (Vellore, India; Montreal, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster