I. P. Stoicescu (Bucharest, Romania), M. Beji (Tunis Jebbari, Tunisia)
The role of a new immuno-diagnostic test based on ESAT-6 epitopes in the screening of subjects with a clinical suspicion of active tuberculosis S. Carrara, D. Vincenti, O. Armignacco, G. Bernardini, F. Palmieri, P. De Mori, L. P. Pucillo, C. Saltini, S. Contini, M. Amicosante, E. Girardi, D. Goletti (Rome, Viterbo, Italy)
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Clinical significance of nontubeculous mycobacteria (NMT) idenified by HPLC in pulmonary specimens M. Nowacka-Mazurek, R. Walkiewicz, R. Krenke, A. Safianowska, A. Fangrat, H. Grubek-Jaworska, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Tuberculosis-a socio-medical diagnosis C. T. Vartolomei, A. A. Arbore (Iasi, Romania)
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Colorimetric assays for rapid drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis M. O. Ribeiro, S. G. Senna, M. G. Silva, M. L. R. Rossetti, L. S. Fonseca (Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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Usefulness of a rapid serodiagnostic kit for Mycobacterium tuberculosis with 3-minute visual screening Y. Iwashima, A. Nakamura, T. Kato, K. Tonegawa, T. Kutsuna, T. Niwa, K. Tsukada, K. Yoshitomo, M. Itoh (Nagoya, Ichinomiya, Japan)
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Improved tracking of nosocomial transmission of multidrug resistant M. tuberculosis with a novel T cell-based test L. Richeldi, K. Ewer, M. Losi, M. F. Bertolani, B. Bergamini, J. Deeks, L. M. Fabbri, A. Lalvani (Modena, Italy; Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Detection of specific immunoglobulins against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pleural fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy M. C. Kaisermann, I. Gama, A. Trajman, A. L. Kritski, L. V. Coelho, M. H. F. Saad (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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Clinical utility of bronchial washing fluid amplified mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test S. K. Park, D. S. Cheon, Y. S. Kim, M. K. Lee, C. H. Chang (Busan, South Korea)
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