Diagnostic advances in tuberculosis

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: J. Homolka (Prague 2, Czech Republic), T. Mihaescu (Iasi, Romania)
Evaluation of a PCR-amplified is6110 insertion element in the rapid diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis case at tertiary care hospitals
A. K. Maurya, V. L. Nag, S. Kant, R. A. S. Kushwaha (Lucknow, India)
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Diagnostic value of PCR-RT for the detection of DNA Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MBT) in blood from patient with pulmonary tuberculosis (PT)
V. Zhuravlev, K. Dzhumaeva, N. Fomenkova, I. Vasilieva, N. Kozlova (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Detection of rifampin resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by use of sequencing, molecular beacons and taqman probes
V. Slizen, L. Surkova, L. Titov (Minsk, Belarus)
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Nucleic acid amplification tests (naat): diagnostic value for pulmonary tuberculosis
R. Gerardo, S. Granadeiro, A. Alegria, H. Choon, A. Mineiro, R. Matos, J. Cardoso (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Efficiency of use real-time polymerase chain reaction in differential diagnostics of the tuberculosis and the lung cancer
T. Morozova, T. Salina (Saratov, Russian Federation)
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Determination of DNA fingerprint and drug susceptibility patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a designated area in north India
S. Chaudhri, S. Purwar, V. M. Katoch, D. S. Chauhan, A. K. Verma, O. P. Rai, A. Sampath, P. Sharma, P. Upadhyaya (Kanpur, Agra, India)
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Comparison of diagnostic value and culmination period for bactec 960, Lowenstein-Jensen culture and mtd gen-probe in clinical specimens isolated from smear-negative TB patients
A. Kunduracioglu, I. Karasu, A. Özsöz, C. Biçmen (Izmir, Turkey)
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The mb/bact system significantly increased the rate of positive cultures compared to the classic medium
C. Pop, R. Rajnoveanu, M. Man, C. Pop, D. Homorodean (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
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Comparative evaluation between cultures on solid media vs. liquid media in tuberculosis
Z. I. Fratila, D. Vancea, A. Socaci, I. Iovan (Timisoara, Romania)
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The diagnostic value of ARB in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL), total ADA, interferon gamma (IFN gamma) and serum total ADA and IFN gamma in tuberculosis cases presenting as clinically and radiologically with negative smear
Y. S. Intepe, M. Kiyik, H. C. Tigin, T. Karadeli, A. Durmaz, H. Ozyurt, S. Cikrikcioglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Diagnostic contribution of bronchoscopy and bronchial lavage (BL) in pulmonary tuberculosis
M. Simon, D. Homorodean, D. Todea, V. Muresan (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
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Diagnosis problem in smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis: study about 34 cases
S. Farah, S. Azzabi, S. Toujani, B. Dhahri, L. El Gharbi, M. A. Baccar, H. Aouina, H. Bouacha (Tunis, Tunisia)
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Radiological changes in specific endobronchitis
I. Lazarevska, A. Kalanoska, V. Josifova (Skopje, Fyrom)
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C-reactive protein in pulmonary TB
M. Popescu-Hagen, M. Mihailescu, D. Bica, A. Furtuna, G. Grigorie (Bucharest, Craiova, Romania)
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Metalloproteinases, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases and TGF-β as predictors of pleura thickening in pleural tuberculosis
R. Sales, F. Vargas, M. Acencio, K. Uezumi, E. Genofre, M. Seiscento, L. Antonangelo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Interferon-γ gene polymorphisms on interferon-γ production affects susceptibility and treatment response to tuberculosis in Japanese population
M. Shibasaki, T. Yagi, H. Yatsuya, M. Okamoto, M. Nishikawa, H. Baba, N. Hashimoto, K. Senda, T. Kawabe, K. Nakashima, K. Imaizumi, K. Shimokata, Y. Hasegawa (Obu, Nagoya, Japan)
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Changes of the levels of QuantiFERON-TB gold over the treatment period in patients with active tuberculosis
K. H. Seo, H. S. Lee, J. S. Choi, J. O. Na, Y. H. Kim, G. I. Lim (Cheonan, Gumi, Republic Of Korea)
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Study of diagnostic yield of FNAC of lymph node swellings
R. P. Meena, R. Choudhary, M. Dubey, A. Mathur (Jaipur, India)
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Time frame sensitivity of a point-of-care test to monitor isoniazid adherence in TB treatment
R. Soobratty, R. Whitfield, H. Milburn, G. Cope (Thornton Heath, London, United Kingdom)
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