Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.


Material from 2006:
  • 4395 Abstracts
  • 610 Slide presentations
  • 175 Webcasts
  • 95 Handouts
  • 175 Multimedia files
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and immunology of tuberculosis

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Chairs: C. Lange (Borstel, Germany), J-P. Zellweger (Lausanne, Switzerland)
The significance of soluble CD40L in mycobacterial infections
Y. J. Oh, H. N. Lee, K. S. Lee, J. H. Park, S. S. Sheen, Y. H. Choi, K. J. Park, S. C. Hwang (Suwon, Republic Of Korea)
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Analysis of DQA1 alleles occurrence in tuberculosis in Poland
A. Dubaniewicz, M. Dubaniewicz-Wybieralska, G. Moszkowska, A. Dubaniewicz, A. Dubaniewicz (Gdansk, Wejherowo, Poland)
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Neopterin levels differential diagnosis of active and inactive pulmonary tuberculosis
A. Yegen, S. Yurt, N. Isik, N. Yaman, B. A. Yigitbas, H. Uzun, F. Kosar (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Influence of innate immunity on respiratory disease development and vaccination process
A. K. Alenova, R. S. Kumakpayeva (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
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Utility of antigen-specific IFN-gamma assays for monitoring of disease activity and efficacy of anti-TB treatment in HIV-/TB+ and HIV+/TB+ patients in Bulgaria
R. K. Markova, R. H. Drenska, Y. D. Todorova, V. I. Terzieva, D. I. Stefanova, I. I. Elenkov, M. I. Yankova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis
A. Zamani, A. Calli (Konya, Turkey)
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Polymorphism of genes predisposing to tuberculosis in Siberian populations
A. A. Rudko, M. M. Freidin, E. A. Ondar, O. V. Kolokolova, V. P. Puzyrev (Tomsk, Kizil, Russian Federation)
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Study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis latency in human specimens
J. Sanz-Santos, J. Ruiz-Manzano, F. Andreo, M. S. Prats, P. Lopez de Castro, E. Guirao, C. Vilaplana, G. Tapia, J. Morera, V. Ausina, P. J. Cardona (Badalona, Spain)
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Immunological responses after immunization of mice with DNA plasmid encoded ESAT6 antigen with polysaccharide matrix
O. V. Nosareva, A. E. Nesterov, A. N. Boldyrev, O. Y. Smirnova, Y. V. Tumanov, S. I. Tatkov (Koltsovo, Russian Federation)
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The relationship between toll-like receptor 2 Arg753Gln mutation and tuberculosis disease
L. Dalar, L. Karasulu, M. Bayraktaroglu, U. Cetincelik, S. Altin, E. Aynaci, V. Koksal, S. Timur (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Risk of antituberculosis drug (ATD)-induced hepatotoxicity and polymorphisms at the glutatione S-transferase (GST) loci (GSTM1 and GSTT1)
V. Leiro, A. Fernandez-Villar, D. Valverde, R. Vazquez, L. Anibarro, C. Represas, M. Botana, L. Pineiro (Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain)
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Analysis of nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis in a mental hospital using the whole blood interferon-gamma test
N. Harada, K. Higuchi, T. Mori (Kiyose, Japan)
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Pleural fluid leptin level for the differential diagnosis of pleural effusion
H. K. Lee, J. W. Hur, S. S. Lee, Y. M. Lee, H. P. Lee, J. I. Kim, H. K. Yum, S. J. Choi (Pusan, Ilsan, Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
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Comparison of two in vitro IFN-γ assays for detection of latent tuberculosis infection
I. Latorre, J. Dominguez, M. L. De Souza-Galvao, J. Ruiz-Manzano, C. Prat, F. Andreo, S. Blanco, M. A. Cuesta, M. Perez, V. Ausina (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
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Serum leptin, insulin and C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
A. Guzel, P. Yildiz, G. Deniz, G. Yillar, V. Yilmaz (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Direct costs of three models for the screening of latent tuberculosis infection
J. P. Zellweger, P. Wrighton-Smith (Lausanne, Switzerland; Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Polymorphism of neutrophil granulocytes in children with latent tuberculosis infection and recurrent bronchitis
L. B. Yaroshchuk, V. P. Kostromina, O. Y. Sivachenko, I. V. Gomoliako, Y. A. Cherednik (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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T-cell response against tuberculosis antigens is dependent on the level of immunosuppression in renal and lung transplant patients
U. Mack, H. Wilkens, U. Sester, H. Köhler, G. W. Sybrecht (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
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A novel plate format to improve cost effectiveness of an ELISPOT based diagnostic assay
T. Day, S. Richens, K. Burn, I. Durrant (Abingdon, United Kingdom)
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Is residual pleural thickening and functional sequelae predictable in tuberculous pleurisy?
N. Yaman, S. Yurt, H. C. Tigin, N. Isik, P. Uysal, K. Ozdemir, H. Uzun, A. F. Kosar (Istanbul, Turkey)
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