Annual Congress Glasgow 2004

Saturday, 04.09.2004
Sunday, 05.09.2004
Monday, 06.09.2004
Tuesday, 07.09.2004
Wednesday, 08.09.2004

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, abstract number.

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Clinical and diagnostic features of tuberculosis

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Chairs: L. J. Clancy (Dublin, Ireland), E. Panic (Sombor, Yugoslavia)

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Comparison of pulmonary cavity incidence between smoker and non- smoker tuberculosis patients D. Marasli, C. Ones, N. Kurnaz, A. Hazar (Istanbul, Turkey)
Bioimpedance methods in detecting body composition changes for pulmonary tuberculosis patients C. Maiolo, G. Matteucci, C. M. Fiorani, R. Martinoli, N. Di Daniele, A. De Lorenzo (Rome, Rocca Priora, Italy)
*The utility of a serodiagnosis for mycobacterium avium* complex pulmonary disease diagnosed by the single available bronchial wash** S. Kitada, R. Maekura, Y. Nishiuchi, M. Kobayashi, M. Ito (Toyonaka, Japan)
Comparison of ELISPOT and whole-blood assays for IFN-gamma in the immune diagnosis of tuberculosis using ESAT-6 and CFP-10 selected peptides D. Vincenti, S. Carrara, V. Di Virgilio, M. Amicosante, E. Girardi, D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
The levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 in newly diagnosed and multi drug resistant tuberculosis B. Kiran, T. Cagatay, S. Yurt, F. Kosar, Z. Gulbaran, P. Cagatay, G. Okumus (Istanbul, Turkey)
The role of induced sputum and bronchoscopy for the assessment of asylum seekers with radiographs suggesting infectious tuberculosis O. D. Schoch, C. Tueller, J. P. Zellweger, R. Thurnheer (St. Gallen, Basel, Berne, Munsterlingen, Switzerland)
*Early detection and monitoring of progressive neonatal multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis* infection by T cell-based assay** L. Richeldi, B. M. Bergamini, M. Losi, K. Ewer, F. Balli, L. M. Fabbri, A. Lalvani (Modena, Italy; Oxford, United Kingdom)
The relationship between serum interleukin-6 level and reactive thrombocytosis and acute phase response in pulmonary tuberculosis E. Ünsal, S. Aksaray, D. Köksal, E. Güvener, T. Sipit (Ankara, Turkey)