Annual Congress Copenhagen 2005

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, abstract number.

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom), G. Rohde (Bochum, Germany)

Evaluation of procalcitonin (PCT) and neopterin levels in acute exacerbations of COPD F. C. Andreo, J. Domínguez, L. J. Lores, C. Prat, J. Ruiz, S. Blanco, A. Corbella, R. Rivelo, P. Torres, V. Ausina (Sant Boi, Badalona, Spain)
Associations and impact of human rhinoviral infection at exacerbations of COPD T. M. Wilkinson, D. J. Powrie, M. Wilks, G. C. Donaldson, J. A. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
The role of viruses including metapneumovirus in COPD exacerbation M. Schmidt-Ioanas, A. de Roux, A. Stein, H. Meisel, H. Lode (Berlin, Germany)
Change in inflammation during COPD exacerbations D. Bathoorn, J. J. W. Liesker, D. S. Postma, G. H. Koëter, H. A. M. Kerstjens (Groningen, Netherlands)
Colonisation in stable patients with COPD: results of an Italian epidemiological study (PRIME study) B. Francesco, M. Annamaria, D. Claudio, C. Roberto, L. Allegra (Milan, Bari, Verona, Italy)
Spontaneous sputum production as a marker of bacterial colonisation in stable COPD A. Marin, M. Garcia, I. Badorrey, M. Sabria, J. Morera, E. Monso (Badalona, Spain)
Airway inflammation: assessment of neutrophil apoptosis in induced sputum A. Strassburg, A. Lüers, K. Dalhoff (Luebeck, Germany)
Pneumococcal vaccine in steroid-dependent COPD J. Steentoft, H. B. Konradsen, J. Hilskov, G. Gislason, J. R. Andersen (Nykoebing Falster, Copenhagen, Denmark)