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
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Interferon-gamma releases assays (IGRAs) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: what is the role?

Oral Presentation
Chairs: D. Goletti (Roma, Italy), M. Ruhwald (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Introduction: The need for better diagnostics for tuberculosis in Europe
E. Huitric (Stockholm, Sweden)
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Evidence assessment on the use of IGRA testing in diagnosing active tuberculosis: A systematic TBNET review
M. Sester, G. Sotgiu, E. Girardi, C. Giehl, R. Diel, A. Bossink, K. Dheda, J. Dominguez, M. Lipman, J. Nemeth, P. Ravn, S. Winkler, E. Huitric, D. Manissero, C. Lange (Homburg, Saarbrücken, Germany; Sassari, Roma, Italy; Utrecht, Netherlands; Cape Town, South Africa; Badalona, Spain; London, United Kingdom; Basel, Switzerland; Herlev, Denmark; Vienna, Austria; Stockholm, Sweden)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Evidence assessment on the use of IGRA testing in diagnosing latent tuberculosis – A TBNET review
R. Diel, D. Cirrilo, G. Ferrara, C. Giehl, D. Goletti, E. Huitric, B. Kampmann, C. Lange, M. Losi, D. Manissero, R. Markova, G. B. Migliori, M. Ruhwald, D. Wagner, J. P. Zellweger (Saarbrücken, Germany; Milan, Terni, Rome, Modena, Tradate, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden; London, United Kingdom; Sofia, Bulgaria; Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne, Switzerland)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
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, O. Caliman-Sturdza, D. Cirillo, A. G. Dilektasli, J. Domínguez, R. Duarte, M. Ernst, F. Eyuboglu, I. Gerogianni, D. Goletti, J. P. Janssens, I. Julander, I. Latorre, R. Markova, A. Matteelli, G. B. Migliori, H. Milburn, P. Ravn, T. Scholman, J. Rothel, P. Soccal, M. Straub, D. Wagner, T. Wolf, A. Yalcin, C. Lange, on Behalf of TBNET (Homburg, Freiburg, Germany; The Hague, Netherlands; Roma, Milan, , Tradate, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden; Bucharest, Suceava, Romania; Ankara, Turkey; Badalona, Spain; Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal; Thessaly, Greece; Geneva, Switzerland; Sofia, Bulgaria; London, United Kingdom; Herlev, Denmark; Carnegie, Australia)
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Clinical evaluation of two interferon-gamma release assay tests for immunocompromised patients
Y. Kobashi, M. Abe, K. Mouri, Y. Obase, N. Miyashita, M. Oka (Kurashiki, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The use of IGRA in investigating latent TB – A UK survey
A. S. Patel, J. Stokes, M. Shah, S. Lohani (Dartford, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Secondary TB risk in contacts over 35 years with IGRA positive latent tuberculosis
P. Haldar, H. Thuraisingham, G. Woltmann (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in children immigrants from countries with high tuberculosis prevalence
B. M. Bergamini, M. Losi, C. Del Giovane, M. Meacci, F. Luppi, C. Venturelli, R. D‘Amico, P. Spagnolo, B. Meccugni, S. Cerri, M. Codifava, F. Rumpianesi, P. Paolucci, L. M. Fabbri, L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation