New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease and problems in tuberculosis care

Electronic Poster Discussion
Chairs: M. Amicosante (Rome, Italy), G. Ferrara (Terni, Italy)

Absence of response to Quantiferon-TB Gold is associated to severe tuberculosis S. Carrara, M. P. Parracino, O. Butera, D. Vincenti, E. Busi Rizzi, V. Schininà, E. Giradi, D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) detected by whole blood interferon gamma based assay among health care workers (HCW) in Poland U. Demkow, B. Broniarek-Samson, M. Filewska, B. Bialas-Chromiec, E. Augustynowicz-Kopec, Z. Zwolska, J. Kus (Warsaw, Poland)
Identification of TB specific IFN-γ-secreting T-cells in children with active TB and TB contacts E. Hansted, A. Andriuskeviciene, D. Steponaviciene, V. Butkuviene, B. Sitkauskiene (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Screening for tuberculosis infection using whole blood interferon gamma and tuberculin skin test among prisoners in Poland K. Lewandowska, U. Demkow, I. Siemion-Szczesniak, M. Filewska, B. Bialas-Chromiec, J. Kus (Warsaw, Poland)
Monitoring the efficacy of anti-TB therapy by using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in tube test R. Markova, R. Drenska, Y. Todorova, V. Terzieva, D. Stefanova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
T SPOT-TB and Mantoux test in diagnosis of M.tuberculosis infection in recently BCG vaccinated children I. Ozere, G. Skenders, I. Liduma, O. Bobrikova, D. Sleija, Z. Lauska, A. Skangale, A. Jagmane, V. Leimane (Riga Region, Latvia)
Utility of Quantiferon–TB Gold test in diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion S. Arun, S. K. Katiyar, S. Bihari (Kanpur, India)
Effect of BCG vaccination on interferon-γ release assays for tuberculosis: a systematic review G. Ciarleglio, S. Kouki, O. Bugiani, L. Mori, M. Pieroni, P. Sestini (Siena, Italy)
Diagnostic significance of interferon-gamma level in tuberculous pleural effusions A. Safianowska, R. Krenke, M. Paplinska, J. Domagala-Kulawik, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
IFN-gamma production in response to RD1 assays correlate with TST size and with the frequency of exposure to the index case in contacts recently exposed to mycobacterium tuberculosis D. Goletti, M. P. Parracino, O. Butera, F. Bizzoni, S. Carrara, D. Vincenti, D. Dainotto, G. Anzidei, E. Girardi (Rome, Italy)
Humoral response to HspX and GlcB to previous and recent infection by mycobacterium tuberculosis M. F. Rabahi, A. P. Junqueira-Kipnis, M. Guerreiro dos Reis, W. Oelemann, M. Conde (Goiania, Goias, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Role of cytokines in regulation of inflammatory and protective reactions in progression of pulmonary MDR tuberculosis L. Surkova, A. Skrahina, N. Shpakovskaya, A. Zalutskaya, V. Budnik (Minsk, Belarus)
Comparative study of TB in HIV+ve and HIV-ve patients M. Khanra, A. G. Ghosal (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
DOTS-Plus treatment of MDR-TB patients with psychiatric disorders S. Y. Grinchenko, A. P. Agarkov, A. G. Khamitova, S. P. Mishustin, T. P. Tonkel, A. K. Strelis, O. V. Anastasov, R. A. Imereli, A. A. Golubkov (Tomsk, Russian Federation; Boston, MA, United States Of America)
Multidrug resistance of M. tuberculosis and its infuence on treatment efficiency of new detected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in penitentiary institutions of Belarus P. Kryvanos, G. Avdeev, A. Grinevich (Minsk, Orsha, Belarus)
Histopathological, histochemical, and PCR based investigations of myocobacteria in paraffin embedded tissue: a prospective case study P. Schnabel, S. Aulmann, E. Herpel, A. Warth, R. Eberhardt, S. Winteroll, F. Herth, H. Dienemann, P. Schirmacher, R. Penzel (Heidelberg, Germany)
Pitfalls in the registration and delay in the treatment of patients with culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis (CPPTB) I. Siemion-Szczesniak, M. Korzeniewska-Kosela, J. Kus (Warsaw, Poland)
Treatment results in patients with XDR tuberculosis in Ukraine S. Cherenko, N. Litvinenko, Y. Volskiy (Kiev, Chernigov, Ukraine)
Diagnostic and therapeuthic features of tuberculosus pleurisy (TBP) I. Motus, S. Skorniakov, S. Krasnoborova, A. Maltseva, S. Melyah (Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation)
Contact investigation in a primary school using QuantiFREON®-TB Gold K. Higuchi, S. Kondo, M. Wada, S. Hayashi, G. Ootsuka, N. Sakamoto, N. Harada (Tokyo, Kawasaki, Japan)