I. P. Stoicescu (Bucharest, Romania), P. Kelly (Dublin, Ireland)
Evaluation of PCR for the rapid diagnosis of TBC pleuritis. Detection of two different DNA sequences D. Malamis, A. Rapti, E. Tsarouha, T. Kerenidi, N. Kastrinakis, P. Konstandoulakis, O. Anagnostopoulou (Athens, Greece)
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The Abbott LCx-MTB assay is more sensitive than culture on Loewenstein Jensen medium for detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens and time of sputum conversion in response to antituberculous treatment strongly correlates between M. Kasielski, P. Bialasiewicz, D. Nowak (Lodz, Poland)
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The role of various methods in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy in clinical practice M. P. Fijalkowski, J. Graczyk, M. Rybczynska, A. Rul (Lodz, Poland)
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Adenosine desaminase /ADA/ in diagnosing of primary tuberculosis in children P. M. Minchev, M. I. Preslavova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Increased specificity for the diagnostic of tuberculosis pleuritis through combined ADA with lymphocite/neutrophil ratio in pleural liquid D. Gheorghes, R. Cernat, A. Iacobovici, I. Tomosoiu (Iasi, Romania)
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The value of pleural fluid anti-A60 IgM in BCG vaccinated tuberculous pleurisy patients E. Kunter, K. Cerrahoglu, A. Ilvan, T. Isitmangil, O. Turken, O. Okutan, Z. Kartaloglu, S. Cavuslu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Comparative evaluation of commercially available nucleic acid amplification tests in the diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis S. Morita, D. Hashimoto, K. Tsukamoto, R. Tamura, T. Suda, K. Chida, H. Nakamura (Surugadai, Fujieda, Handayama, Japan)
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Diagnostic value of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the management of pediatric tuberculosis E. S. Ovsyankina, E. A. Marenina, S. N. Andreevskaya, E. E. Larionova, T. G. Smirnova (Moscow, Russia)
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Pleural fluid interleukin-10 level in the diagnosis of tuberculous effusions M. Mermer, F. Kanat, F. Ozer, O. Imecik (Konya, Turkey)
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The value of serum ADA in the management and follow-up of tuberculosis M. Karaduman, F. Sungun, G. Dabak, N. Karaduman, E. Ozturk, A. Saygi (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Adenosine deaminase level of pleural fluids in the differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and malignant pleural fluids: a new cut-off value suggestion H. Yildirim, M. Metintas, F. Alatas, S. Metintas, S. Erginel, I. Ucgun, M. Kolsuz (Eskisehir, Turkey)
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Cost effectiveness (CE) analysis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for diagnosing smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPT) among inpatients in a teaching hospital, reference for AIDS and tuberculosis (TB), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F. C. Q. Mello, J. Fonseca-Costa, A. R. Santos, A. L. Kritski, R. D. Moore, R. E. Chaisson (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Baltimore, United States Of America)
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Lactate dehydrogenase levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in the diagnosing of active pulmonary tuberculosis G. Ertugrul, O. Kirakli, R. Ozacar, H. Halilcolar (Izmir, Turkey)
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Diagnostic value of gastric washing and specimens collected during bronchoscopy evaluated by culture and PCR in children's tuberculosis K. Pisiewicz, Z. Lechowicz, K. Jamrozik, A. Pogorzelski, J. Pawlik (Rabka Zdroj, Poland)
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Inexpedience of fluorography as a screening test in TB suspected patients in primary care facilities V. P. Seledtsov, B. T. Babamuradov, H. K. Ismatullaeva, M. B. Khojikhanov, T. M. Mamatkulov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
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Lung scintigraphy with technetium-99m-technetrile and Tc-99m MAA in patients with fibrocavitary tuberculosis A. V. Perfiliev, A. T. Sigaev, A. I. Gotovtseva (Moscow, Russia)
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Persistent M. tuberculosis infection: experimental model of endogenously re-activated TB L. N. Tchernooussova, T. G. Smirnova, S. N. Andreevskaya, G. M. Nikolaeva (Moscow, Russia)
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