From bench to bedside: diagnosis of tuberculosis

E-Communication Session
Chairs: M. Ruhwald (Copenhagen, Denmark), M. Sester (Homburg, Germany)

New skin testing with DIASKINTEST® (recombinant protein CFP10-ESAT6) in TB diagnosis L. Slogotskaya, V. Litvinov, P. Seltsovsky, A. Shuster, V. Martyanov, A. Demin, A. Filippov, L. Stakheeva, Y. Kochetkov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Evaluation of rapid test device based on detection of antibodies against 6,16 and 38 kDa antigens of mycobacterium tuberculosis P. Baghaei Shiva, P. Tabarsi, M. Marjani, S. Dehghani, M. R. Masjedi (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Usefulness of CT, whole-blood interferon-g assay and sputum TB-PCR in the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis J. C. Choi, J. Y. Kim, I. W. Park, B. W. Choi, J. W. Shin (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
Exhaled nitric oxide measurement in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary tuberculosis S. H. Kim, T. H. Kim, J. W. Sohn, H. J. Yoon, D. H. Shin, S. S. Park (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
Diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in sputum smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis D. Vancea, A. Socaci, I. Iovan, Z. I. Fratila (Timisoara, Romania)
Characterisation of regulatory T-cells identified as CD4+CD25highCD39+ in patients with active tuberculosis T. Chiacchio, R. Casetti, O. Butera, V. Vanini, E. Petruccioli, S. Carrara, E. Girardi, D. Di Mitri, L. Battistini, F. Martini, G. Borsellino, D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Loss of receptors CD27 and CCR7 on Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific interferon-γ producing T cells marks active tuberculosis J. Nemeth, R. H. Zwick, H. M. Winkler, R. Rumetshofer, O. C. Burghuber, S. Winkler (Vienna, Austria)
Clinical evaluation of QuantiFERON TB-2G test for patients with active tuberculosis disease stratified by age groups Y. Kobashi, K. Mouri, Y. Obase, N. Miyashita, M. Oka (Kurashiki, Japan)
The diagnosis value of QuantiFERON-TB gold test at patients with active tuberculosis V. M. Macavei, I. Muntean, V. Sandru, R. Macavei, C. Macavei (Bucharest, Brasov, Romania)
Sequential analysis of interferon-γ release assay results in active tuberculosis patients K. Higuchi, K. Takayanagi, S. Mitarai, M. Aoki, N. Harada, M. Okumura, T. Yoshiyama, H. Ogata, Y. Sekiya, T. Mori (Kiyose, Higashimurayama, Japan)
Short-term reproducibility of the QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube assay M. Losi, F. Luppi, M. Luppi, B. M. Bergamini, M. Codeluppi, R. D‘Amico, C. Del Giovane, P. Roversi, F. Rumpianesi, M. Meacci, G. Torelli, L. Fabbri, L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
Performance of a commercial IFN-γ blood assay for monitoring treatment efficacy in active pulmonary tuberculosis M. Bocchino, P. Chiaradonna, A. Matarese, M. Salvatores, M. G. Alma, A. Sanduzzi, A. M. Altieri (Naples, Rome, Italy)
The value of interferon-γ assay for the diagnosis of TB meningitis in children O. A. Caliman-Sturdza, D. Mihalache, M. C. Luca (Suceava, Iasi, Romania)
Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB test (QFT-TB) in detection of children infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis S. Khalilzadeh, M. Hasanzad, M. R. Bloorsaz, N. Baghaie (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Clinical evaluation of QuantiFERON TB -2g test in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial disease Y. Kobashi, K. Mouri, Y. Obase, N. Miyashita, M. Oka (Kurashiki, Japan)
IFN-γ response on T-cell based assays for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in rheumatic patients undergoing anti-TNF-α treatment I. Latorre, L. Mateo, S. Mínguez, C. Prat, A. Lacoma, A. Moltó, V. Ausina, J. Domínguez (Badalona, Spain)
QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube method in sarcoidosis patients I. Gerogianni, M. Papala, F. Malli, E. Petinaki, K. Gourgoulianis, Z. Daniil (Larisa, Greece)
Number of peripheral blood lymphocyte affects sensitivity of QuantiFERON TB -gold M. Tarui, H. Ariga, H. Nagai, H. Matsui, S. Shoji, Y. Nakazima, H. Yotsumoto (Kiyose-City, Japan)
Effect of different positive cut-off values on T-spot.TB results M. Losi, C. Del Giovane, F. Luppi, R. D‘Amico, P. Roversi, L. Fabbri, L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
Negative predictive value of serum-procalcitonin (PCT) for active pulmonary tuberculosis (pTB) A. Strassburg, G. Guenther, H. Sahly, C. Lange (Borstel, Hamburg, Germany)