Annual Congress Vienna 2012

Saturday, 01.09.2012
Sunday, 02.09.2012
Monday, 03.09.2012
Tuesday, 04.09.2012
Wednesday, 05.09.2012

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, abstract number.



Microbiological advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Poster Discussion
Chairs: D. Cirillo (Milan, Italy), J. Dominguez Benitez (Badalona Barcelona, Spain)
Comparison of molecular and immunological methods for a rapid diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis
C. Jafari, S. Ruesch-Gerdes, M. Ernst, E. Richter, B. Kalsdorf, C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)
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Diagnostic role of micro-MGIT culture of BAL samples in sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
J. Rawat, G. Sindhwani, D. Biswas (Dehradun, India)
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Effective variable-number tandem repeats loci for discrimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from Korea
Y.K. Park, H.Y. Kang, J.H. Lee, S.R. Kim (Osong Chungbuk, Republic Of Korea)
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Evaluation of real time polymerase chain reaction, adenosine deaminase and interferon gamma in tubercular pleural effusions
C. Kaur, B. Menon (New Delhi, India)
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Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from clinical specimens using a new target
D. Darban-Sarokhalil, M.M. Feizabadi, A.A. Imani Fooladi, Z. Bameri, M.J. Nasiri (Shahrekord, Tehran, Zahedan, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Modification of auramine O fluorescence stain for differential detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT)
T. Alnour, H. Hoffmann, S. Thiel (Khartoum North, Sudan; Gauting - Munich, Germany)
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Detection of fluoroquinolone resistance associated mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by use of sequencing and TaqMan probes
V. Slizen, A. Zalutskaya, L. Surkova (Minsk, Belarus)
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Resazurin microtitre assay (REMA) plate – A simple, rapid and inexpensive method for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
S. Kunte, A. Karmarkar, S. Dharmashale, S. Hatolkar (Pune, India)
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Evaluation of real time polymerase chain reaction in tubercular mediastinal lymphadenopathy
B. Menon, C. Kaur (New Delhi, India)
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Xpert MTB/RIF assay for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance
D. Bhattacharyya, A. Agarwal, M.S. Barthwal, C.D.S. Katoch (Pune, India)
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The prevalence of pyrazinamide resistance in multidrug resistant tuberculosis cases in the Netherlands
S. Simons, J. van Ingen, M. Boeree, D. Van Soolingen (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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Comparative analysis of detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin resistance determination through microbiological and molecular genetics methods for pulmonary tuberculosis patients with presence or absence of sputum
M. Alvarez Figueroa, E. Dolgova, M. Gordukova, D. Belov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Assessment of molecular assays for detection of MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to second-line injectable drugs
M. Gikalo, L. Krylova (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Modern molecular direct tests for rapid identification and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
K. Galkina, E. Nosova, M. Krasnova (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Population-based study of fluoroquinolone-resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Y. Batyrshina, T. Petrenko, P. Filimonov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)
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Substantial time reduction in diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampicin and isoniazid resistance by the application of a DNA strip hybridization assay in clinical samples
P. Ioannidis, D. Papaventsis, S. Karabela, I. Marinou, E. Konstantinidou, M. Panagi, A. Skouroglou, G. Dionellis, N. Koulouris, E. Vogiatzakis (Athens, Greece)
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Dual TaqMan probes for the detection of rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
V. Slizen, L. Surkova (Minsk, Belarus)
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Line probe assay (LiPA) based rapid detection of multiple drug resistent (MDR) mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)
T.K. Jayalakshmi, R. Hire, S. Joshi, Y. Kondo (Mumbai, India)
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