M. Amicosante (Rome, Italy), P. Kelly (Dublin, Ireland)
Immunological characterization of heparin binding hemagglutinin from mycobacterium tuberculosis L. Savolainen, L. Pusa, H. J. Kim, I. Seppälä, T. Tuuminen (Helsinki, Tammisaari, Finland; Daejeon, Republic Of Korea)
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HLA genotype systems in patients with an advancing course of tuberculosis A. Sadykov, A. Agzamov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
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Performance of five serological tests using different antigens in rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis M. El-Feki, A. N. Zohri, M. H. Aliae, A. Osman (Assiut, Egypt; Om Dorman, Sudan)
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Changes of enzymatic systems and different metabolites of lipogenesis under the conditions of experimental tuberculosis M. Safaryan, K. Karageuzyan (Yerevan, Armenia)
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Bio-Chip (BCh) technology for diagnostics of multidrug resistance (DR) of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) from patients with disseminated tuberculosis (DT) V. Zhuravlev (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Interferon gamma production by bronchoalveolar lavage fluid- and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response mycobacterial antigens in patients with sarcoidosis R. Hörster, D. Kirsten, C. Jafari, M. Ernst, A. Strassburg, U. Greinert, C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
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Comparative population-genetic analysis of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and lung cancer patients D. Pesut, D. Marinkovic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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The tuberculin skin test reaction in mice critically depends on interferon-gamma produced by CD4+ T cells C. Hölscher, T. Schreiber, D. Rückerl, S. Ehlers, C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
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Monitoring T-cell immunity towards M. tuberculosis: impaired specific immunocompetence in patients receiving high levels of immunosuppressive drugs U. Sester, H. Wilkens, U. Mack, G. W. Sybrecht, M. Sester (Homburg, Germany)
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The influence of intracellular interferon (IFN)-γ production and CD26 expression by cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMC) on BCG scar size in infants: a one-year prospective birth cohort study S. Tereshchenko, I. Novitzkiy, L. Vasilieva (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation)
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Metalloproteinases (MMPs), tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) and transforming growth factor (TGFβ) in pleural tuberculosis L. Antonangelo, R. Sales, L. Teixeira, E. Genofre, R. Onishi, M. Valim, M. Seiscento, F. Vargas (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Diagnostic performance of novel and rapid tests for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusions R. van Zyl-Smit, S. Meldau, R. Meldau, L. Sechi, R. Dawson, S. Ress, E. Bateman, A. Zumla, K. Dheda (Cape Town, South Africa; Sassari, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
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Immunological criterions of the pulmonary tuberculosis progression A. Alenova, L. Kassaeva (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA detection in urine samples from pulmonary tuberculosis patients A. Cannas, L. Calvo, T. Chiacchio, G. Cuzzi, R. Urso, F. Noto, S. Grisetti, M. Di Marco, A. Gualano, D. Goletti, E. Girardi (Rome, Italy)
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Comparison of DNA strip assay and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of mycolic acids for identification of mycobacterial isolates to the species level A. Safianowska, R. Walkiewicz, P. Nejman-Gryz, R. Chazan, H. Grubek-Jaworska (Warsaw, Poland)
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Diagnostic value of combined assays in differentiating tuberculous and malignant pleural effusions K. J. Tang, C. M. Xie, Z. P. Li, J. Q. Huang, Y. F. Luo (Guangzhou/Guangdong, China)
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In vitro activity of moxifloxacin and linezolid against mycobacteria N. Morcillo, B. Imperiale, V. Gualtieri, B. Di Giulio (Florida, Buenos Aires, San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Evaluation of a molecular assay for detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis in strains and clinical samples A. Lacoma, N. García-Sierra, J. Ruiz-Manzano, C. Prat, L. Haba, L. Fuenzalida, J. Maldonado, J. Domínguez (Badalona, Madrid, Barcelona, Spain)
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Evaluation of ADA activity in BAL fluid in patients with smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis A. Halvani, F. Binesh (Yazd, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Comparison of Nramp1 gene polymorphisms among tuberculosis healthy workers with positive PPD and recently infected cases; host susceptibility to tuberculosis P. Farnia, S. Anoosheh, O. Pajand, M. R. Masjedi, P. Tabarsi, M. Kazampour, F. Mohammadi, P. Baghei, M. Bahadori, A. A. Velayati (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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