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.

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4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
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New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection

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Chairs: J-P. Zellweger (Lausanne, Switzerland), L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)

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Gamma-interferon tests for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection under routine conditions in Lausanne, Switzerland A. Zellweger, S. Ansermet, S. Jolivet, J. P. Zellweger (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Validation of the tuberculin skin test cut off in BCG-vaccinated individuals using the QuantiFERON-TB gold test R. Piro, G. Ferrara, A. Andreani, M. Meacci, B. Meccugni, I. Marchetti, M. Losi, L. Richeldi, L. Fabbri (Modena, Italy)
Latent tuberculosis infection among respiratory and clinical staff and students in Samara, Russia Y. Balabanova, I. Fedorin, V. Nikolayevskyy, S. Zakharova, N. Lebedeva, E. Zakamova, F. Drobniewski (London, United Kingdom; Samara, Russian Federation)
*Contribution of the T-SPOT.TB assay for differentiating active versus* latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)** V. Bosshard, P. Roux-Lombard, T. Perneger, M. Metzger, R. Vivien, T. Rochat, J. P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
Do results of T-SPOT.TB assays change during and after treatment of active tuberculosis? J. P. Janssens, P. Roux-Lombard, T. Perneger, M. Metzger, R. Vivien, T. Rochat (Geneva, Switzerland)
Monitoring of ESAT-6/CFP-10 selected peptides response during prophylaxis in individuals exposed to M. tuberculosis D. Goletti, D. Vincenti, S. Carrara, O. Butera, F. Bizzoni, M. Amicosante, D. Dainotto, N. Petrosillo, M. P. Parracino, G. Anzidei, E. Girardi (Rome, Italy)
Relationship between the whole blood interferon-gamma responses and the risk of active tuberculosis K. Higuchi, N. Harada, T. Mori (Kiyose, Japan)
Contribution of the T-SPOT.TB assay for detection of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) in contact tracing procedures J. P. Janssens, P. Roux-Lombard, T. Perneger, M. Metzger, R. Vivien, T. Rochat (Geneva, Switzerland)