Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Saturday, 27.09.2003
Sunday, 28.09.2003
Monday, 29.09.2003
Tuesday, 30.09.2003
Wednesday, 01.10.2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.


Material from 2003:
  • 3196 Abstracts
  • 374 Slide presentations
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis and laboratory aspects - I

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Sorete-Arbore (Iasi, Romania), S. Kos (Mirosov, Czech Republic)
Urinary neopterin measurement: as a noninvasive diagnostic method in pulmonary tuberculosis
I. Yuksekol, M. Ozkan, O. Akgul, E. Tozkoparan, M. Al-Rashed, A. Balkan (Ankara, Turkey)
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Autoantibodies in patients treated for active pulmonary tuberculosis
S. B. Kasikovic-Lecic, A. Kerenji, I. Mitic, T. Ilic (Sremska Kamenica, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia)
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Pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy
M. S. Vejnovic, D. M. Jelacic, D. L. Cimeša (Sombor, Yugoslavia)
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Mutations in the of rpoB gene in multidrug resistance mycobacterium tuberculosis from North Lima, Peru
J. Agapito, R. Accinelli, J. Espinoza (Lima, Peru)
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Methods used to diagnose tuberculous pleurisy. A study of 36 consecutive patients
C. L. Toma, D. Bumbacea, C. E. Tudose, S. Dumitrache-Rujinski, M. A. Bogdan (Bucharest, Romania)
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The improvement of bacteriological diagnosis through bronchoscopic methods in pulmonary tuberculosis
L. O. Popa, L. A. Davidescu (Oradea, Romania)
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The usefulness of bio fm medium in comparison with lowenstein jensen for rapid diagnosing of TB in children
T. P. Ilievska, M. Dilberovska, D. Dacevski, K. Boskovska (Skopje, Macedonia)
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A comparative study on serum ADA levels in cavitary and non-cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis patients
M. R. Masjedi, S. M. Mirsaeidi, S. Zahirifard, K. Mohajer, M. Kazempour, M. Amiri, A. A. Velayati (Tehran, Iran)
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Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in children
M. G. Kobulashvili, M. F. Gubkina (Moscow, Russia)
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Serial measurement of pleural fluid ADA in tuberculous pleurisy
S. D. Mansouri, R. Jalali, H. R. Jamaati, M. Kazempour, S. M. Mirsaeidi (Tehran, Iran)
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The diagnostic value of induced-sputum in patients with tuberculosis
L. Saglam, M. Akgun, M. Gorguner, H. Kaynar, A. Mirici (Erzurum, Turkey)
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Possibility of noninvasive differential diagnostics of lung tuberculosis and lung cancer in oncologic hospital
I. Y. Shpaner (Kazan, Russia)
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Analysis of zinc,copper and copper /zinc values in serum and hair of new and chronic cases of pulmonary parenchymal tuberculosis
S. Ilhan, N. Ozseker, M. Yalcin, A. Hazar, D. Marasli, Y. Karakoc, B. Barutcu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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T cell-based diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a blinded comparison with the tuberculin skin test in a school tuberculosis outbreak
K. Ewer, J. Deeks, L. Alvarez, G. Bryant, S. Waller, P. Andersen, P. Monk, A. Lalvani (Oxford, United Kingdom; Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Molecular characterization of M.tuberculosis strains from urals region of Russia based on MIRU-VNTR genotyping
S. Y. Kovalev, S. N. Skorniakov, M. A. Kravchenko, E. Y. Kamaev (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
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Evaluation of a nucleic acid amplification (NAA) test for the diagnosis of smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPT) at a teaching hospital, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
F. C. Q. Mello, J. Fonseca-Costa, A. L. Fávero, M. M. Oliveira, A. R. Santos, A. L. Kritski (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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Previous tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment in silicotic patients
M. C. S. Alcobia, L. Mesquita, A. M. Pinto, S. M. Cardoso, M. J. C. Simões (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Tuberculosis control: A single cycle of case finding by mass miniature radiography screening
E. Giantsou, A. Emmanouilidou, C. Dohas, S. Pozova, C. Vamvalis, D. Bouros (Alexandropolis, Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Sensitivity and specificity of nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a meta-analysis
S. Greco, E. Girardi, R. Masciangelo, G. P. Mattioli, G. B. Capoccetta, S. Contini, M. Romeo, G. Crigna, R. Mancini, C. Saltini (Rome, Italy)
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The ratio of positive smears and cultures in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous pleurisy
A. Kaminskaite, R. Nargela, A. Sasnauskiene, V. Vencevicius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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