International Congress Barcelona 2013

Saturday, 07.09.2013
Sunday, 08.09.2013
Monday, 09.09.2013
Tuesday, 10.09.2013
Wednesday, 11.09.2013

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, abstract number.



Tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in subpopulations

Poster Discussion
Chairs: J-P. Zellweger (Villars-Sur-Glâne, Switzerland), A. Sandgren (Stockholm, Sweden)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: The performance of flow cytometry in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in patients under treatment with anti-TNFa and other biological agents
C. Papageorgiou, M. Ploussi, S. Karabela, K. Fotiadis, A. Anastasopoulos, A. Papavasileiou, E. Vogiatzakis, D. Ioakeimidis, A. Gritzapis, N. Poulakis (Athens, Greece)
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LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Using virtually observed treatment (VOT) for hard to manage tuberculosis: A pilot study.
S. Hemming, A. Story, L. Possas, S. Yates, G. Ferenando, P. Windish, R. Aldridge, A. Hayward, E. Garber, M. Lipman, J. Watson (London, Colindale, United Kingdom)
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Mortality from tuberculosis, indicator of severity for TB endemia in Romania
C. Didilescu, G. Popescu, N. Cioran, M. Tanasescu, H. Cocei, C. Marica (Bucharest, Romania)
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National evidence on the inefficiency of an inpatient model of tuberculosis management in Eastern Europe
L. Gillini, K. Davtyan, H. Davtyan, A. Hayrapetyan, S. Khachatryan, R. Centis, L. D'Ambrosio, G. Sotgiu, M. Dara, G. B. Migliori (Yerevan, Armenia; Tradate, Sassari, Italy; Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Tuberculosis in prisons in the Republic of Macedonia
B. Ilievska Poposka, M. Zakoska, S. Atanasova, N. Milanovski, P. Doneva (Skopje, Probistip, Fyrom)
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A study of tuberculosis in an expatriate Nepalese community in South-East London
T. Simpson, E. Stephenson, P. Palchaudhuri (London, United Kingdom)
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Comparison of British and American Thoracic Societies’ reintroduction guidelines for anti-tuberculous therapy induced liver injury
F. F. Zuberi, B. F. Zuberi, N. Bader, S. K. Ali, F. Mumtaz, T. Fatima (Karachi, Pakistan)
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Serial interferon-gamma release assays for screening and monitoring of tuberculosis infection during treatment with biologic agents
A. Socaci, G. Nini, C. Marica, E. Borgazi (Timisoara, Arad, Bucuresti, Constanta, Romania)
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Screening immigrants to Ireland from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis would be clinically beneficial and cost effective
O. Duffy, D. Annette, T. O'Connor (Cork, Ireland)
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Childhood tuberculosis outbreaks in EU/EEA: A systematic review
G. Sotgiu, B. Bourdin Trunz, G. B. Migliori, L. D'Ambrosio, R. Centis, R. Godfrey, M. Tadolini, G. Besozzi, A. Sandgren, M. J. van der Werf (Sassari, Tradate, , Milan, Italy; Geneva, Switzerland; Dashwood, United Kingdom; Stockholm, Sweden)
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Tuberculosis mortality in children in Romania
R. Nedelcu, H. Cocei, E. Ibraim (Bucharest, Romania)
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Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in children in Romania
C. Didilescu, N. Cioran, D. I. Chiotan, G. Popescu, G. Murgoci, C. Marica (Bucharest, Romania)
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Profile of childhood tuberculosis by residence in Romania
R. Nedelcu, H. Cocei, E. Ibraim (Bucharest, Romania)
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Tuberculosis in children of Belarus
L. Gorbach (Minsk, Belarus)
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Awareness and knowledge of pediatricians in Cebu City of the national tuberculosis control program in the management of tuberculosis in children
E. N. Merlin (Cebu, Philippines)
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Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug resistance tuberculosis has a strong public health and economical impact in the Republic of Moldova
V. Crudu, E. Romancenco, E. Noroc, N. Turcan, G. Blagodeteleva (Chisinau, Republic Of Moldova)
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Evaluation of contact investigation expansion in Kosovo
X. Kurhasani, H. Hafizi, G. Burazeri, R. Mehmeti, B. Beqiri, B. Tigani (Prishtina, Tirana, Peja, Albania)
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