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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Interferon-gamma methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and disease

Oral Presentation
Chairs: D. Goletti (Roma, Italy), J-P. Zellweger (Fribourg, Switzerland)
Performance of IFN-γ release assays for tuberculosis detection in immune-compromised children in a low prevalence country
M. Bocchino, E. Bruzzese, A. Matarese, L. Assante, M. Alessio, B. Bellofiore, A. Guarino, A. Sanduzzi (Naples, Italy)
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Predictive value of a whole-blood IGRA for the development of active TB disease
R. Diel, R. Loddenkemper, A. Nienhaus (Duesseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Clinical utility of the quantiFERON TB-2G test for elderly patients with active tuberculosis
Y. Kobashi, K. Mouri, Y. Obase, N. Miyashita, M. Oka (Kurashiki city, Japan)
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Discordance between T-cell-based assay and tuberculin skin testing among nursing students in India
D. J. Christopher, P. Daley, L. Armstrong, P. James, B. Premkumar, J. Sarojini Michael, M. Pai (Vellore/Tamil Nadu, India; Montreal/PQ, Canada)
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IFN γ tests for tuberculosis – false positives with other T cell disease processes?
J. Robson, N. Coulson, N. Haley, J. Anderson, H. Hosker (Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-seropositive individuals
L. Leidl, H. Mayanja-Kizza, J. Baseke, C. Hirsch, D. Goletti, Z. Toossi, C. Lange (Borstel, Germany; Kampala, Uganda; Cleveland, OH, United States Of America; Rome, Italy)
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Comparison of PPD and quantiferon tests in determining latent tuberculosis in patients who are directed to TNF antagonists
T. Cagatay, M. Aydin, Z. Gulbaran, R. Yildiz, L. Pur, A. Gul, M. Inanc, S. Kamali, K. Koksalan, B. Kiran, Z. Kilicaslan (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
An assay based on RD1 selected peptides for the diagnosis of extra-pulmonary and smear negative tuberculosis
S. Carrara, O. Butera, V. Vanini, F. Palmieri, E. Girardi, D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
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