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.



Immunological diagnosis of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M. Sester (Homburg, Germany), D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Cytokine profiling of specific T cells in patients after BCG-therapy allows distinction between patients with primary infection and prior contact
J. Elsässer, M. Janssen, U. Sester, F. Becker, H. Suttmann, C. Ohlmann, K. Schmitt, M. Stöckle, M. Sester (Homburg, Neunkirchen, Hamburg, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
The changing indications for IGRA testing and impact on TB services in a UK district general hospital
S. Roberts, P. Godwin, J. Anderson, H. S. R. Hosker (Keighley, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Outcomes of early interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) testing in recent contacts of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
R. Verma, H. Patel, H. Thuraisingam, G. Woltmann, P. Haldar (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection among immunocompromised adults
M. Sane Schepisi, M. P. Parracino, A. Mammone, R. Bellagamba, C. Pinetti, S. Cicalini, A. Sampaolesi, A. Ammassari, D. Goletti, E. Girardi (Rome, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Evaluation of IFNgamma release assays for detection of cellular immunity towards M. tuberculosis and CMV in samples from deceased donors
T. Schmidt, D. Schub, M. Wolf, J. Dirks, M. Ritter, S. Kirsch, U. Sester, A. B. Blaes-Eise, U. Samuel, M. Sester (Homburg, Mainz, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Improved performances of the Quantiferon-TB in tube assay with novel mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigenic peptides
M. Losi, A. Knights, F. Mariani, A. Altieri, G. Paone, V. Colizzi, C. Saltini, J. Boyle, M. Amicosante (Rome, Italy; Chadstone, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Sensitivity and specificity of new skin test with recombinant protein CFP10-ESAT6 in patients with tuberculosis and individuals with non- tuberculosis diseases
L. Slogotskaya, E. Bogorodskaya, D. Ivanova, M. Makarova, L. Guntupova, V. Litvinov, P. Seltsovsky, D. Kudlay, N. Nikolenko (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Correlation between tuberculin-skin-test and interferon-gamma-release-assays with risks factors for tuberculosis infection
M. L. De Souza-Galvao, I. Latorre, N. Altet, A. Seminario, M. A. Jiménez, A. Cantos, C. Milà, J. Domínguez (Barcelona, Bellaterra, Badalona, Madrid, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster