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.



Management of severe respiratory infections

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Liapikou (Athens, Greece), S. De Boer (Auckland, New Zealand), R. Wilson (London, United Kingdom), M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
Comparison of treatment outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia patients treated with beta lactam-macrolide combination versus fluoroquinolone monotherapy
O. Kilinc, O. Soylar, A. Cilli, A. Sakar, S. Tasbakan, H. Ellidokuz, B. Celenk, C. Cetinkaya, C. Gunduz, A. Sayiner (Izmir, Antalya, Manisa, Turkey)
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Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of newer fluoroquinolones in patients with lower respiratory tract infections
P. Kontou, K. Chatzika, K. Manika, G. Pitsiou, M. Sionidou, I. Kioumis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Combination therapy (beta-lactam+macrolide) vs fluoroquinolone monotherapy for the treatment of CAP
C. Triantafyllidis, V. Kapordelis, E.C. Philippidou, G. Papaetis, M. Apostolidou, I. Nikolopoulos, D. Orfanidou, A. Pefanis (Kavala, Athens, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Tolerance of nebulised gentamicin in adult bronchiectasis – A single centre study
J. Miller, H. Tedd, S. Syba, H. Groves, A. De Soyza (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
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An audit of microbiological investigations performed on patients admitted with community acquired pneumonia
J.R. Wilson, J.M. Sloan, C.L. Griffin, M.E.M. Wilkie, J.D. Chalmers, S. Schembri (Dundee, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Management of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in a UK district general hospital (DGH)
U. Maqsood, N. Ahmad (Birmingham, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Resistance of problematic gram(-) respiratory pathogens selected from in-patients (Yaroslavl, Russia, 2011)
S. Palyutin, I. Zilber, S. Monakhova, S. Angelova, M. Ershova, G. Abrosimova, E. Poletaeva, A. Petrochenko (Yaroslavl, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Evaluating flutter device and the active cycle of breathing technique in non-cystic bronchiectasis: The prospective randomised study
G. Altiay, B. Uzmezoglu, N. Sut, H. Tuna, O. N. Hatipoglu (Edirne, Turkey)
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RCT of chest physiotherapy versus chest physiotherapy and pulmonary rehabilitation in non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
P. Mandal, M. Sidhu, L. Kope, W. Pollock, L. Stevenson, S. MacQuarrie, K. Turnbull, J. Pentland, A. Hill (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Unexpectedly high incidence of pneumothorax in patients with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex infection
E. Hagiwara, A. Nakazawa, T. Oda, T. Enomoto, T. Baba, R. Nishihira, S. Komatsu, T. Kato, T. Ogura (Yokohama, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effects of nebulizer therapy by hypertonic saline, gender and breastfeeding on evolution of acute bronchiolitis
E. Kutsia, T. Ghonghadze, T. Zhorzholiani (Tbilisi, Georgia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Inhaled colistin in elderly patients with bronchiectasis and chronic bronchial infection with pseudomonas
E. Tabernero, R. Alkiza, P. Gil, J. Garros, D. Cantero, J.L. Artola, L. Ramos (Bilbao, Galdakao, Spain)
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Changes in the lower airway bacterial community of from adult non-CF bronchiectasis population are significantly associated with exacerbations and the presence of Heamophilus influenza
P. Purcell, S. Cummings, H. Jary, A. De Soyza, J. Perry (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)
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Rapid detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM antibodies using ImmunoCard Mycoplasma kit compared with complement fixation (CF) tests and clinical application
R. Ueda, J. Okamura, Y. Inoue, T. Mochizuki, T. Sato (Tokyo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Legionella pneumonia in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Norway
W. Røysted, O. Simonsen, A. Jenkins, M. Sarjomaa, Y. Tveten, E. Ragnhildstveit, M.V. Svendsen, A. Kanestrøm, H. Waage, J. Ringstad (Skien, Fredrikstad, Bø in Telemark, Norway)
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Bronchiectasis in Auckland, New Zealand: Ethnic differences in severity
S. de Boer, W. Fergusson, C. Lewis, M. Wilsher (Auckland, New Zealand)
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Pneumonia and Clostridium difficile infection: Hospital acquired infection in a non-ICU department
M. Carrabba, M. Zarantonello, S. Formica, L. Mellace, S. Castaldi, M.D. Cappellini, G. Fabio (Milan, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Clonal typing of P.aeruginosa strains in non-CF bronchiectasis
M. Drain, L. Wei, D. Gilpin, M. Tunney, D. Kenna, S. Elborn (Belfast, Ireland; London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
PES in CAP: An acronym to identify "problematic pathogens" in community-acquired pneumonia
E. Prina, M. Ferrer, E. Polverino, C. Cilloniz, J. Mensa, E. Moreno, E. Cuenca, R. Cosentini, A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain; Milan, Italy; Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Congress or journal article abstract
C-reactive protein in community acquired pneumonia – Correlation with main clinical indices
N. Yanev, P. Nikolova, Y. Ivanov, P. Pavlov, N. Kyuchukov, T. Popova (Pleven, Bulgaria)
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