Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Saturday, 12.09.2009
Sunday, 13.09.2009
Monday, 14.09.2009
Tuesday, 15.09.2009
Wednesday, 16.09.2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.


Material from 2009:
  • 4047 Abstracts
  • 652 Slide presentations
  • 300 Webcasts
  • 93 Handouts
  • 2150 e-posters
  • 300 Multimedia files
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Clinical immunology of tuberculosis

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: I. Solovic (Vysne Hagy, Slovakia), S. Winkler (Vienna, Austria)
An immunochromatographic rapid test not suitable for TB screening
E. Cojocaru, C. Cojocaru, I. L. Dumitriu, B. Gurzu (Iasi, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Screening for tuberculosis in candidates for immunosuppressive therapy
I. Gonçalves, D. Alves, F. Guedes, A. Carvalho, R. Duarte (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Our approach about latent tuberculosis infection in patients who are given anti-TNF alpha therapy
C. Sevinc, P. Mutlu, O. Kilinc, G. Can, N. Akkoc, E. S. Ucan (Izmir, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Tuberculosis in patients receiving anti-TNF-α treatment
L. Kawano-Dourado, L. Bezerra, M. Seiscento, F. Marinho, S. Bombarda, R. Sales (São Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A novel TNF inhibitor does not compromise host immunity to mycobacterium tuberculosis and BCG infections and still protects from hepatitis
M. L. Olleros, D. Vesin, A. F. Lambou, J. P. Janssens, B. Ryffel, V. F. Quesniaux, D. E. Szymkowski, I. Garcia (Geneva, Switzerland; Orleans, France; Monrovia, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Characteristics of new tuberculosis cases diagnosed during treatment with TNF-alpha antagonists
M. M. Aydin, S. Karaosman, Z. Gulbaran, T. Cagatay, Z. Kilicaslan (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Organised local immune response in the lungs of patients with tuberculosis
G. Kosmiadi, G. Yevgushenko, T. Smirnova, T. Ulrichs, S. Kaufmann (Moscow, Russian Federation; Berlin, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Follow up results of patients receiving anti tumor necrosis antagonists and evaluation of risk of tuberculosis
M. Aydin, T. Cagatay, S. Sunmez, Z. Gulbaran, P. Cagatay, S. Kamal, Z. Kilicaslan (Istanbul, Turkey)
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The impact of microRNAs on tuberculosis-induced tumor necrosis factor-α expression in monocytes/macrophages
C. Lo, C. Wang, K. Lee, H. Kuo (Taipei, Taiwan)
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An influence of small doses of corticosteroids on immune defense in active pulmonary tuberculosis in humans
B. Rybacka-Chabros, J. Milanowski (Lublin, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Audit on the use of T spot test in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in UHCW
B. Asuquo, N. Chandrappa (Coventry, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
T spot TB reactivity – ²to treat or not to treat²
D. D‘Quino, A. Morris, J. Nash, B. Prathibha (Ashford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Interferon gamma in pleural fluid for diagnosing tuberculosis. A comparison between 2 techniques: RIA and ELISA
R. M. Díaz Campos, V. Villena Garrido, M. D. Hisado Díaz, I. Escribano Gimeno, C. Vargas, A. López Encuentra (Madrid, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Performance of a commercial whole blood interferon-gamma release assays in the management of pleural effusions
M. Losi, M. Bocchino, A. Matarese, R. D‘Amico, A. Sanduzzi, L. Fabbri, L. Richeldi (Modena, Naples, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Adenosine deaminase activity in tuberculous and malignant pleural effusions
A. Garrouch, A. Smach, K. Limem, M. Benzarti (Sousse, Tunisia)
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Soluble receptor p55 a αTNF at the spread forms of pulmonary tuberculosis
L. Surkova, N. Shpakovskaya, A. Skrahina, J. Chalyj, S. Akalovich, O. Pashkova, A. Sholuh, N. Antonova, Z. Rohava (Minsk, Belarus)
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Congress or journal article abstract
An association between polymorphism of genes responsible for Th1/Th2-polarization and tuberculosis in Russian population of Siberia
A. Rudko, A. An, E. Bragina, I. Saltikova, V. Puzyrev, M. Freidin (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Interrelation between mTB multi drug-resistance and cytokine activity in pulmonary TB patients and mTB virulence
L. Surkova, N. Shpakovskaya, A. Zalutskaya, A. Skrahina, Z. Rohava (Minsk, Belarus)
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Association between BCG scar and tuberculin skin test conversion
S. Fouzas, E. Skylogianni, D. Nikolaidis, K. Bolis, M. B. Anthracopoulos, S. Mantagos (Patras, Eleftheroupoli, Kavala, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Lymphopenia and pulmonary tuberculosis
H. Racil, G. Laribi, S. Chikh Rouhou, O. Rkhis, N. Chaouech, M. Zarrouk, S. Yaalaoui, A. Chabbou (Ariana, Tunisia)
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