Aetiology, mechanisms and treatment in lower respiratory tract infections

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain), E. Ibrahim (Alexandria, Egypt)
Vip in the serum of asthmatic patients and in COPD patients in stable state and during exacerbation
L. Corkovic, M. Obradovic, T. Milosevic, D. Begovic, V. Miloskovic, L. Nagorni-Obradovic, S. A. Ignjatovic (Belgrade, Mladenovac, Kragujevac, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Bacterial colonisation in the lower airways of patients with lung cancer
U. M. Weinreich, J. Korsgaard (Aalborg, Denmark)
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Cellular composition of bronchial brush-biopsies in dependence on smoking and etiology of COPD exacerbation
S. V. Nesterovich, E. B. Bukreeva (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Cytomorphological markers at COPD exacerbation
S. V. Nesterovich, E. B. Bukreeva (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Cytomorphological markers at COPD exacerbation on bronchial biopsies data
S. V. Nesterovich, E. B. Bukreeva (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Etiology of inflectional process and inflammation peculiarities at COPD
E. Bukreeva, S. Nesterovich, L. Gudkova, O. Akbasheva, G. Seitova, T. Melnik, O. Emelyanovich (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Greatest international antibiotic trial (GIANT): comparison of interim results from Europe (EUR), Latin America (LA) & Asia-Pacific (AP)
M. Miravitlles, A. Anzueto, S. Ewig, D. Legnani, H. Landen, K. Stauch (Barcelona, Spain; San Antonio, TX, United States Of America; Bochum, Leverkusen, Germany; Milan, Italy)
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Etiology specifics of COPD bacteriological exacerbation with and without metatuberculosis pneumofibrosis
E. L. Mishustina, T. S. Ageeva, S. P. Mishustin (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Correlation between sputum colour and isolation of an infecting organism in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB)
M. Miravitlles, F. Kruesmann, D. Haverstock, R. Perroncel, S. Choudhri (Barcelona, Spain; Leverkusen, Germany; West Haven, CT, United States Of America; Toronto, ON, Canada)
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Coinfection of chlamydia pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae enhances interleukin-8 (IL-8) production in human macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells
K. Rohmann, J. Rupp, D. Droemann, K. Dalhoff (Luebeck, Borstel, Germany)
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Detection of chlamydia psittaci in adenoids and the adult nasopharynx by immunohistochemisty
D. Theegarten, J. Gerhardt, H. Sudhoff, O. Anhenn (Essen, Germany; Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of pathogens from analysis of respiratory samples
S. Ali, W. Raja, G. Bowens, A. Gilleece, L. Cormican, J. Faul (Dublin, Ireland)
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Role of α- and β-defensins in lower respiratory tract infections
J. I. Ashitani, S. Yanagi, N. Matsumoto, M. Nakazato (Miyazaki, Japan)
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Prevalence of respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and its association with ambient particulate matter pollution in an urban city in India
S. Mandrekar, S. Iyer, S. Kondhalkar, P. Ram, K. Satbhai, R. Ravindran, B. Brashier, S. Valsa, A. Ojha, S. Salvi (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
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Role of endogenous hydrogen sulfide in the patients with lower respiratory tract infections
Y. Chen, W. Yao, B. Geng, C. Tang (Beijing, China)
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The possible molecular mechanism of immune injury in the mice treated with SARS-CoV spike protein
G. Yao, X. Yang, J. Xu (Guangzhou, China)
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An automated nested multiplex PCR system to detect 16 respiratory viruses
L. Meyers, C. Rink, J. Daly, M. Poritz, C. Byington (SLC, UT, United States Of America)
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Evaluation of antibiotics therapy for low respiratory tract infections
V. Bartu, T. Sechser, D. Hackajlo (Prague, Czech Republic)
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