Annual Congress Stockholm 2007

Saturday, 15.09.2007
Sunday, 16.09.2007
Monday, 17.09.2007
Tuesday, 18.09.2007
Wednesday, 19.09.2007

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, abstract number.


Material from 2007:
  • 4066 Abstracts
  • 635 Slide presentations
  • 310 Webcasts
  • 98 Handouts
  • 1992 e-posters
  • 310 Multimedia files
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Gamma-interferon-based tests to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease

Electronic Poster Discussion
Chairs: C. Lange (Borstel, Germany), D. Goletti (Roma, Italy)
Detection of latent tuberculosis in a low-prevalence country
A. Browatzki, C. N. Meyer (Roskilde, Denmark)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Usefulness of the QuantiFERON TB-2G test for the differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
Y. Kobashi, K. Mouri, Y. Obase, N. Miyashita, M. Oka (Kurashiki, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The results of QuantiFERON-TB testing among the symptomatic patients in Brasov, Romania
I. Muntean, C. Macavei, D. Frosin, V. Juganaru, M. V. Macavei, R. Macavei (Brasov, Bucharest, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Evaluation of usefulness of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold for infants
N. Harada, T. Miyakawa, K. Higuchi, M. Suenaga, T. Mori (Tokyo, Japan)
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The value of cellular interferon – gamma assays for TB diagnosis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients
O. A. Caliman-Sturdza, N. C. Bilha (Suceava, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Rates of latent tuberculosis infection among medical staff in a TB hospital from Brasov, Romania
I. Muntean, C. Macavei, M. V. Macavei, R. Macavei, H. Lapusan, M. Lascu (Brasov, Bucharest, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Comparison between the antigen-specific interferon-gamma assay and the tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection among BCG vaccinated schoolers at risk for tuberculosis exposure
O. C. Arghir, M. Ghelberg, G. Voicu (Constantza, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Reduced dropout rate with interferon-γ release assays compared to tuberculin skin test for TB screening
P. Sestini, S. Kouki, G. Ciarleglio, L. Mori, M. Refini, O. Bugiani (Siena, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Our experience of T cell assays in the diagnosis of MTB disease and latent infection
L. Powell, S. Marciniak, R. Mulla, P. Kanthapillai (Luton, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Using an interferon-γ assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection before using tumor necrosis factor-α blockers
N. Cobanoglu, U. Ozcelik, U. Kalyoncu, S. Ozen, S. Kiraz, N. Gurcan, M. Kaplan, D. Dogru, E. Yalcin, S. Pekcan, M. Kose, R. Topaloglu, N. Besbas, A. Bakkaloglu, N. Kiper (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
A new assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in an unselected population
I. Gerogianni, M. Papala, D. Klapsa, E. Zinzaras, E. Petinaki, K. Gourgoulianis (Larissa, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The value of interferon (IFN)-γ blood tests in diagnosis of tuberculosis
P. Kapisyzi, E. Grabocka, E. Petrela, J. Bukli, J. Gjirazi (Tirana, Albania; Tirana, Andorra)
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Performance of RD-1 based blood assays in clinical management of smear-negative pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
M. Bocchino, B. Bellofiore, A. Matarese, P. Giacomelli, A. Russo, G. Signoriello, D. Galati, A. Sanduzzi (Naples, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The value of interferon (IFN)-γ pleural effusion tests in diagnosis of tuberculosis
J. Bukli, E. Petrela, J. Gjirazi, D. Argjiri, Y. Vakeflliu, P. Kapisyzi (Tirana, Albania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of isoniazid prophylaxis for latent TB on interferon-gamma response
B. Kipfer, C. Maier, M. Büchler, T. Bodmer (Thun, Bern, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Quantiferon–TB Gold test in cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis initially and during treatment
S. Arun, S. K. Katiyar, S. Bihari (Kanpur, India)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Association with TB exposure of tuberculin skin test and interferon-γ release assays. A systematic review
G. Ciarleglio, S. Kouki, L. Mori, M. Kouri, O. Bugiani, P. Sestini (Siena, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Interferon-γ release assays using RD1 antigens in nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. A systematic review
L. Mori, S. Kouki, G. Ciarleglio, M. Pieroni, O. Bugiani, P. Sestini (Siena, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and two commercial blood tests for diagnosing active mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and nontuberculous mycobacterium infection
Y. Kobashi, K. Mouri, Y. Obase, N. Miyashita, M. Oka (Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Interferon-γ release assays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review
S. Kouki, L. Mori, G. Ciarleglio, R. M. Refini, O. Bugiani, P. Sestini (Siena, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster