Diagnosis of tuberculosis and LTBI

Oral Presentation
Chairs: P. D. O. Davies (Liverpool, United Kingdom), E. Panic (Sombor, Serbia and Montenegro)
A T-cell-based assay for rapid diagnosis of difficult cases of tuberculosis (TB): smear negative pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB
S. Carrara, D. Vincenti, M. Amicosante, E. Girardi, D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of a T-cell-based assay with tuberculin skin testing (TST) for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in contact-tracing procedures
J. P. Janssens, P. Roux-Lombard, T. Perneger, M. Metzger, R. Vivien, T. Rochat (Geneva, Switzerland)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Variability of the sensitivity of three tests for the diagnosis of pleural TB according to the findings in pleural tissue
M. C. Kaisermann, I. G. Sardella, M. H. F. Saad, R. D. Sperhacke, M. L. Rossetti, A. L. Kritski, A. Trajman (Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of tuberculin skin test with an interferon-gamma based test in detecting candidates to latent tuberculosis infection treatment
M. Bugiani, P. Piccioni, M. P. Forneris, L. Fabbro, E. Migliore, A. Carosso (Turin, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
An indicative role of serum transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) level on the determination of clinical severity of pulmonary tuberculosis
Y. D. Lee, Y. Cho, M. S. Han, J. Y. Kim, H. S. Kang, K. H. Lee, S. K. Lee, H. W. Baik (Daejeon, Republic Of Korea)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and the ELISPOT blood test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in pre-transplant dialysis patients
L. Richeldi, M. Losi, S. Cerri, P. Roversi, A. Debbi, A. Di Felice, F. Ferrari, K. Millington, A. Albertazzi, L. M. Fabbri, A. Lalvani (Modena, Italy; Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Clinical evaluation of anti-glycopeptidelipid core immunoglobulin A antibody assay for serodiagnosis of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) disease
R. Maekura, S. Kitada, M. Itou, Y. Namba (Toyonaka, Numazu, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
The role of isoenzymes levels of ‘adenosine deaminase‘ in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid to determining activitiy of pulmonary tuberculosis
G. S. Gunluoglu, E. Cetinkaya, S. Altin, N. Kalkan, S. Timur (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation