ERS International Congress, Milan 2017

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Microbiology and laboratory techniques to monitor NTM infections

Thematic Poster
Chairs: V. Crudu (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova), C. Andrejak (Amiens, France), D. Cirillo (Milano, MI, Italy)

Late Breaking Abstract - Contribution of P2X7 1513A/C loss-of-function polymorphism and tuberculosis susceptibility in Egyptian population H. Shafiek (Alexandria, Egypt)
5-year survival of patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease (NTM-PD)–data from Croatian national registry M. Jankovic Makek (Zagreb, Croatia)
Profile of non-tuberculous mycobacteria patients in Lisbon M. Teixeira Lopes (LISBOA, Portugal)
Apoptosis plays a protective role against Mycobacterium avium infection in mice M. Fujita (Fukuoka, Japan)
Characteristics and outcomes of 197 patients newly diagnosed with pulmonary mycobacterium avium complex disease E. Hagiwara (Yokohama, Japan)
Mycobacterium xenopi pulmonary disease in Croatia M. Jankovic Makek (Zagreb, Croatia)
Genotyping of human Mycobacterium kansasii isolates from Poland. M. Proboszcz (Warszawa, Poland)
A cross sectional study of drug resistant tuberculosis in previously treated cases. A. Punjabi (MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA), India)
Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Pooling Induced Sputum M. Chew (Singapore, Singapore)
Sensitivity of Xpert MTB/RIF in induced sputum in smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients? N. Rao (Karachi, Pakistan)
Comparison studies of GENEXPERT versus MGIT culture of Bronchial Lavage in sputum smear negative suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis R. Shah (Mumbai (Maharastra), India)
The cycle of threshold value of cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test and its correlation with time to positivity in AFB culture A. Prakash (GURGAON (HARYANA), India)
LINE PROBE ASSAY – BEST MODALITY FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS P. Chatterjee (GURGAON (HARYANA), India)
Pharmacoeconomic aspects of drug susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis using automated liquid culture systems and solid media A. Samoilova (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Clinical utility of pleural fluid interferon-gamma release assay in tuberculous pleurisy diagnosis T. Ohdaira (Niigata-shi, Japan)
Assessment of specific immunoglobulins in patients with lung tuberculosis E. Istomina (Leningrad region, Russian Federation)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cording in Alveolar Macrophages of Tuberculosis Patients and Mycobacterial Virulence E. Ufimtseva (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)
Alveolar Macrophages Produced from Resected Lungs of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis E. Ufimtseva (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)