Annual Congress Stockholm 2002

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, abstract number.

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: A. G. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russia), S. Kos (Mirosov, Czech Republic)

Use of cytokines in the diagnosis and outcome correlation of tuberculous pleural effusion W. W. Yew, S. K. F. Leung, C. F. Wong, J. Lee, C. Y. Chan, A. F. B. Cheng, C. Au-Yeang (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Diagnostic value of gastric aspirate smear and polymerase chain reaction in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis N. Chierakul, T. Anantasetagoon, A. Chaiprasert, N. Tingtoy (Bangkok, Thailand)
Timing of serodiagnostic tests for tuberculosis affects sensitivity G. H. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom)
BALF phospholipids and cytokines released by alveolar macrophages in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis and tuberculosis I. L. Katovich, A. D. Tahanovich, G. L. Borodina, G. N. Tamashakina (Minsk, Belarus)
Variability of the tuberculin test due to the time of measurement D. Singh, A. Woodcock (Wythenshawe, United Kingdom)
Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis I. Hyun, D. Kim, M. Lee, K. Jung (Seoul, South Korea)
Diagnostic value of pleural biopsy specimen culture by radiometric BACTEC method in diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy N. D. Bakan, D. Kanmaz, G. Ozkan, N. Malkoc, A. Ozdemir, A. Gur, G. Camsari, N. Urer (Istanbul, Turkey)
Adenosine deaminase determination as diagnostic test for tuberculous pleurisy: a meta-analysis S. Greco, E. Girardi, R. Masciangelo, G. B. Capoccetta, T. Sonaglia, R. Gigli, C. Saltini (Rome, Italy)