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.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Aetiology of respiratory infections: mycobacteria and fungi

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland), G. Ferrara (Terni, Italy)
Long-term survival of patients with mycobacterium avium- intracellulare complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD)
R. Maekura, S. Kitada, T. Hiraga, Y. Tateisi, K. Fushitani (Toyonaka-city/Osaka, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Usefulness of ELISA in the multiple serodiagnosis of environmental mycobacteria infections
H. Stavri, I. Ulea, D. Radu, M. Bogdan, M. Gheorghiu Branaru, O. Moldovan, C. Tudose, M. Raileanu, D. Duiculescu, L. Ene, V. Olar, C. Ionita, M. Popa, L. Popa (Bucharest, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Recurrent laboratory pseudo-outbreaks of Mycobacterium intracellulare
B. Thakker, D. Inverarity, P. Connell, J. Clark, M. Cotton, A. Rayner, L. Seagar, I. Laurenson (Glasgow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Isolation rate of nontuberculous mycobacteria increases along with HIV-tuberculosis coinfection in Estonia
L. Pehme, M. Danilovits, T. Kummik, K. Levina, A. Altraja (Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A case of familial pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease – experience in Japan
M. Matsuyama, K. Ota, N. Kokuho, T. Iizuka, H. Masuko, H. Hayashi, K. Hayashihara, T. Saito (Naka-gun/Ibaraki, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Disease caused by non tuberculous mycobacteria, in Granollers General Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
R. Acal, J. Tarrega, C. Marti, Y. Galea, E. Barbeta (Granollers/Barcelona, Spain)
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The impact of new ATS/IDSA guideline for nontuberculous mycobacterial disease on the diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in Korea
Y. S. Kwon, D. R. Chae, S. C. Lim, Y. I. Kim, Y. C. Kim, K. S. Kim, I. J. Oh, G. J. Cho, J. Y. Ju, K. O. Park, Y. C. Ko, H. J. Seon, Y. H. Kim, K. J. Na (Gwang-ju, Gwangju, Ik San, Republic Of Korea)
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Increased incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in the Gloucestershire region, UK: a retrospective study
P. Rajagopalan, J. Meecham-Jones, M. Logan (Cheltenham, Gloucester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Aspergillus-PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage for detection of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
G. Cathomas, M. Trippel, D. Stolz, M. Baumann, Y. Knecht, A. Gratwohl, M. Tamm (Liestal, Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Lung resection for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in neutropenic patients – risks and outcome
F. Gambazzi, P. Matt, J. Halter, D. Heim, A. Gratwohl, D. Lardinois, D. Stolz, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Clinical features of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critical ill patients with chronic respiratory disease
H. Y. He, Q. Y. Zhan, F. Li (Beijing, China)
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Anti-aspergillus antibodies and galactomannan detection among patients of a tertiary hospital in Greece
N. Tsagarakis, S. Mavrea, N. Kentrou, Z. Paparizou, E. Anastasakou (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Serum lipid levels in patients with bronchiectasis
S. Gumus, O. Deniz, E. Tozkoparan, E. Ucar, H. Yaman, H. Bilgic, K. Ekiz (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Sputum bacterial concentrations and exacerbations of non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
S. Sundaram, J. French, M. Gilham, C. Laughton, C. Haworth, K. Goldsmith, J. Foweraker, D. Bilton (Cambridge, London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The effect of clarithromycin on immunity of mice with chronic respiratory infection caused by P. aeruginosa
R. Shirai, C. Moser, P. Jensen, K. Kishi, H. Calum, H. Ishii, I. Tokimatsu, K. Hiramatsu, N. Hoiby, J. I. Kadota (Yufu/Oita, Japan; Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Epidemiology of new pathogens in a cohort of patients with cystic fibrosis
L. Spicuzza, C. Sciuto, G. Di Dio, V. Tomarchio, M. La Rosa (Catania, Italy)
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Sputum microflora of patients with cystic lung hypoplasia
S. Kotova, N. Bisenova, N. Rutenko, A. Segizbayeva (Astana, Kazakhstan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The effects of thiobacillus species on respiratory system
O. Ozturk, A. Akkaya, I. Yilmazer, M. Cüre, A. Kocak, A. Bircan, R. Sutcu, O. Fedekar (Isparta, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Severity assessment in adults patients aged <50 years admitted with community acquired pneumonia
J. Chalmers, A. Singanayagam, M. Murray, A. Hill (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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