Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


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  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
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New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease

Oral Presentation
Chairs: C. Lange (Borstel, Germany), L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
Comparison of BAL ELISPOT and NAT for the diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis – a TBNET study
C. Jafari, S. Thijsen, A. Bossink, D. Goletti, M. Losi, L. Richeldi, L. Codecasa, A. Strassburg, U. Greinert, B. Kalsdorf, D. Kirsten, S. Winteroll, R. Eberhardt, M. Ernst, C. Lange (Borstel, Großhansdorf, Heidelberg, Germany; Utrecht, Netherlands;
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Response to RD1 selected epitopes is associated to active TB. Results of a European multicentre hospital-based study of the European tuberculosis network (TBNET)
D. Goletti, S. Carrara, C. Lange, F. Mengoni, C. Mastroianni, D. Cirillo, R. Markova, R. Drenska, J. Dominguez, I. Latorre, M. Amicosante, C. Saltini, E. Girardi (Rome, Milan, Italy; Borstel, Germany; Sophia, Bulgaria; Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by enumeration of cerebrospinal fluid antigen-specific T cells
T. Hinks, M. Thomas, S. Raghuraman, N. Ramalingam, M. Ernst, R. Nau, K. Koesters, C. Gnanamuthan, G. John, B. Marshall, A. Lalvani (Southampton, London, United Kingdom; Vellore-4, Tamil Nadu, India; Borstel, Krefeld, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Performance of blood tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children
B. M. Bergamini, M. Losi, F. Vaienti, M. Meacci, B. Meccugni, D. De Giovanni, C. Molinari, L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Improving T-cell assays for the diagnosis of latent TB infection: potential of a diagnostic test based on IP-10
M. Ruhwald, N. Hiroshi, L. Cuevas, J. Petersen, K. Kofoed, L. Lawson, S. B. Squire, J. Eugen-Olsen, P. Ravn (Copenhagen, Denmark; Liverpool, United Kingdom; Abuja, Nigeria)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Memory response to RD1 antigens in TST+ subjects: a better tool to detect LTBI?
S. Carrara, O. Butera, V. Vanini, T. Chiacchio, R. Casetti, F. Lauria, P. Laurenti, E. Girardi, D. Goletti (Roma, Rome, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
IFN-gamma response on T-cell based assays in HIV patients for detection of tuberculosis infection
I. Latorre, A. Lacoma, M. De Souza-Galvao, C. Prat, L. Haba, J. Maldonado, C. Tural, G. Sirera, N. Altet, J. Ruiz-Manzano, J. Domínguez (Badalona, Madrid, Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Evaluating the potential of IP-10 and MCP-2 as biomarkers for the diagnosis of infection with mycobacterium tuberculosis
M. Ruhwald, T. Bodmer, C. Maier, M. Jepsen, M. Bonde Andersen, P. Ravn (Copenhagen, Denmark; Bern, Switzerland)
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