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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Frontiers in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Oral Presentation
Chairs: G. Ferrara (Terni, Italy), C. Daley (Denver, United States of America)
IL-2 memory response after specific in vitro stimulation associates to latent tuberculosis infection
R. Biselli, V. Sargentini, I. Sauzullo, M. Lastilla, F. Mengoni, D. Goletti, O. Butera, R. Nisini (Roma, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Changes of ESAT-6/CFP-10 – stimulated IFN-g and IL-2 production during specific anti-tuberculosis treatment in children
R. Drenska, R. Markova, Y. Todorova, P. Minchev (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Limitations of immune-based diagnostics in patients suspected for pulmonary tuberculosis
R. H. Zwick, J. Nemeth, H. M. Winkler, R. Rumetshofer, O. C. Burghuber, W. Graninger, S. Winkler (Vienna, Austria)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
New tools to discriminate active from past tuberculosis: comparison of the response to RD1 antigens vs latency antigens
D. Goletti, O. Butera, V. Vanini, T. Chiacchio, E. Petruccioli, S. Carrara, K. L. M. C Franken, T. H. M. Ottenhoff, E. Girardi (Rome, Italy; Leiden, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Differentiating smear-negative active tuberculosis from LTBI by BAL ELISPOT: a TBNET study
C. Jafari, A. Bossink, G. Sotgiu, D. Goletti, J. A. Domínguez Benítez, M. Losi, R. Eberhardt, D. Kirsten, B. Kalsdorf, G. B. Migliori, A. Strassburg, L. Richeldi, U. Greinert, S. Thijsen, S. Winteroll, M. Ernst, C. Lange (Borstel, Heidelberg, Grosshansdorf, Germany; Utrecht, Netherlands; Sassari, Rome, Modena, Tradate, Italy; Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
A comparison of the accuracy of IP-10 and IFN-γ for the diagnosis of TB
M. Ruhwald, D. Goletti, O. Butera, J. Dominguez, I. Latorre, I. Gerogianni, T. Tuuminen, B. Pasticci, R. Mazzoli, G. Ferrara, M. Losi, L. Richeldi, J. Bruchfeld, H. Gaines, J. Eugen-Olsen, P. Ravn (Copenhagen, Denmark; Roma, Perugia, Terni, Modena, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; Thessalonikki, Greece; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Added value of the combination of sputum microscopy for acid fast bacilli and IP-10 and IFN-g biomarker based whole blood tests in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
M. Aabye, M. Ruhwald, P. Ravn, G. PrayGod, K. Jeremiah, A. Mugomela, M. Jepsen, D. Faurholt, N. Range, H. Friis, J. Changalucha, A. B. Andersen (Hvidovre, Rigshospitalet, Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark; , Tanzania, United Republic Of)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Latent tuberculosis infection treatment in subjects with autoimmune diseases and T-cell interferon-γ responses
F. Bartalesi, D. Goletti, A. Cavallo, L. Attala, G. Fiori, F. Li Gobbi, A. Mantella, M. Benucci, M. Matucci Cerinic, E. Girardi, A. Bartoloni (Florence, Rome, Italy)
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