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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Immunology of tuberculosis and diagnosis of tuberculosis infection

Oral Presentation
Chairs: C. Saltini (Rome, Italy), P. D. O. Davies (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Rapid diagnosis of smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis by enumeration of MTB-specific mononuclear cells from the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
C. Jafari, M. Ernst, R. Diel, D. Kirsten, K. Marienfeld, C. Lange (Borstel, Duesseldorf, Großhansdorf, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Interferon gamma assays in the diagnosis of TB pleuritis
N. N. Chegou, G. Walzl, C. T. Bolliger, A. H. Diacon, M. M. van den Heuvel (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
The effect of antituberculosis treatment on interferon- γ responses to ESAT-6 and CFP-10
M. Bugiani, M. P. Forneris, L. Fabbro, P. Piccioni, M. Cavallero, A. Mondo, C. Preziosi, S. Bonora (Turin, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Deficient in silico selection of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) epitopes in tuberculosis (TB) patients
C. Silvia, M. Pallante, S. Vejbaesya, M. Hee Park, C. Saltini, M. Amicosante (Rome, Italy; Bangkok, Thailand; Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The relationship between interleukin-1 receptor antagonist polymorphism and tuberculosis disease
L. Dalar, L. Karasulu, M. Bayraktaroglu, S. Altin, U. Cetincelik, S. Timur, P. Ozkan, V. Koksal (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Cytokine gene polymorphisms and mycobacterium tuberculosis: from infection to pulmonary disease
P. Santos, S. Balseiro, A. Almeida, A. Domingos, A. Segorbe-Luis (Coimbra, Torres Vedras, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Implication of leptin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 in the pathogenesis of wasting in tuberculosis
A.H.G Wafaa, M. K. G. Ghada, G. A. A Hanan, A. R. M. H. Aliae, F. A Nabila (Assiut, Sohag, Egypt)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Improvement of interferon gama response to the combinations of 38kDa/CFP10, 38kDa/MPT-64, ESAT-6/MPT-64, CFP-10/ESAT-6 related to each single recombinants proteins of mycobacterium tuberculosis in individuals from endemic area for
R. C. O. Tavares, F. C. Q. Mello, J. A. W. Leung, L. S. Fonseca, R. Spallek, M. Singh, M. H. F. Saad (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Braunchweig, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation