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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3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
316 Multimedia files

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New diagnostic methods in viral and atypical infections

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Chairs: A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy), A. Bossink (Bilthoven, Netherlands)

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Quantitative changes in rhinovirus load in exacerbations of COPD D. Alber, J. Quint, G. Donaldson, R. Baghai-Ravary, J. Hurst, J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
Clinical relevance of human bocavirus infection in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease F. C. Ringshausen, A. Y. M. Tan, A. Wagner, G. Schultze-Werninghaus, G. Rohde (Bochum, Germany)
Chlamydia pneumoniae enhances infection with Haemophilus influenzae, up-regulates TLR2-expression in human lung tissue and leads to enhanced chemokine production after coinfection – a possible mechanism for COPD exacerbations K. Rohmann, J. Rupp, D. Droemann, P. Zabel, K. Dalhoff, T. Goldmann (Luebeck, Borstel, Germany)
Respiratory syncytial virus in adults: relationships between viral load, symptoms and lung function in an experimental infection model T. M. Wilkinson, J. P. DeVincenzo, R. Lambkin-Williams, J. Cehelsky, R. Meyers, R. Alvarez, S. Nochur, L. Harrison, P. Dorset, A. Mann, E. Moane, A. Vaishnaw (Southampton, London, United Kingdom; Memphis, Cambridge, MA, United States Of America)
Rhinovirus-induced proinflammatory cascade in bronchial epithelial cells requires xanthine-oxidase system activation M. Contoli, P. Gasparini, M. R Edwards, M. Chicca, S. Pinamonti, S. L. Johnston, A. Papi (Ferrara, Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
An outbreak of psittacosis after a bird-fanciers fair in the Netherlands Y. Berk, C. Klaassen, J. Mouton, J. Meis (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Varicella pneumonia in adults: report of 35 cases A. Cobas, A. Mendez, A. Pallares, A. Fernandez-Villar, M. Nuñez, L. Piñeiro (Vigo, Spain)