Tuberculosis: immune responses of CD8+ T cells, value of interferon-gamma and other cytokines, Th2 responses, BCG, and biomarkers

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Chairs: Morten Ruhwald (Copenhagen, Denmark), Massimo Amicosante (Rome, Italy), Delia Goletti (Rome, Italy)
Differential diagnostic efficiency of T cells subsets versus interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor alpha and adenosine deaminase in distinguishing tuberculous from malignant pleural effusions
Abdellah Ali (Sohag, Egypt), Abdellah Ali, Tamer Mohammed, Hydi Ahmed
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Congress or journal article abstract
CD8-response associates with active tuberculosis and TB2-tube response in the QuantiFERON-TB-Plus kit
Elisa Petruccioli (Rome, Italy), Elisa Petruccioli, Teresa Chiacchio, Ilaria Pepponi, Valentina Vanini, Gina Gualano, Gilda Cuzzi, Daniela Cirillo, Fabrizio Palmieri, Delia Goletti
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Tuberculosis-specific CD8 cells in HLA A*02-positive TB and LTBI patients
Andreas Fløe (Århus V, Denmark), Andreas Fløe, Liselotte Brix, Christian Wejse, Ole Hilberg
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Immunophenotypic characterisation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with MDR pulmonary tuberculosis
Hamdy Ali Mahmoud (Naser City, Egypt), Hamdy Ali Mahmoud, Abeer M. Seinef, Ahmed Hassan Abdelaziz
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Congress or journal article abstract
Exploring the mechanisms of granuloma formation in vivo to prevent dissemination of a respiratory mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: A live imaging approach
Joana Da Silva Domingues (Toulouse, France), Joana Da Silva Domingues, Laure Ducasse, Antonio Peixoto
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Congress or journal article abstract
Intracellular ESAT-6 vs flow cytometric analysis of CD4+IFN-γ+ cells for the diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in immunosuppressed patients
Andreas Anastasopoulos (Athens, Greece), Chrysovalantis V. Papageorgiou, Angelos D. Gritzapis, Maria Ploussi, Michail Leventopoulos, Andreas Anastasopoulos, Simona Karabela, Kyriakos Fotiadis, Evangelos Vogiatzakis, Vassilis Tsilivakos, Nikolaos Poulakis
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Congress or journal article abstract
Risk of tuberculosis in dialysis population: Revising the predictive value of interferon-gamma releasing assay
Chin-Chung Shu (Taipei, Taiwan), Chin-Chung Shu
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Congress or journal article abstract
Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children with the useof different immunological methods
Natalya Korneva (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), Natalya Korneva, Anna Starshinova, Yuliya Ovchinnikova, Irina Dovgaliuk, Olga Yakunova, Natalya Ilyina
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Clinical evaluation of several biomarkers including IFN-γ for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection
Yoshihiro Kobashi (Kurashiki Okayama, Japan), Yoshihiro Kobashi, Keiji Mouri, Shigeki Kato, Mikio Oka
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Congress or journal article abstract
Latent tuberculosis screening and entering antibody therapy monoclonares against tumor necrosis factor
Evangelina Soledad Membriani (Caba, Argentina), Evangelina Membriani, Erika Cuenca, Leticia Limongi, Ana Putruele, Carlos Luna
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Study of inflammatory markers in sputum positive patients of pulmonary tuberculosis and its response to anti-tubercular treatment
Mohd Yousoof Dar (New Delhi, India), Mohd Yousoof Dar, Balakrishnan Menon, Harsh Vardhan, Sarfaraz Jamal, Mohammad Noufal
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Cytokine regulation in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Aleksey Denysov (Kiev, Ukraine), Aleksey Denysov, Lilia Todoriko, Inga Ieremenchuk, Igor Semianiv
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Congress or journal article abstract
Eosinophilia and predominant Th2 immune responses are rarely evident in disseminated tuberculosis
Paul Pfeffer (London, United Kingdom), Paul Pfeffer, Matthew Burman, Valerie Milton, Vishnu Naidu, Devan Vaghela, Heinke Kunst
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Congress or journal article abstract
Influence of modern basic therapy of bronchial asthma (BA) on the course of pulmonary TB in patients with pulmonary TB associated with asthma
Galina Kuklina (Moscow, Russian Federation), Galina Kuklina, Evgeny Smelev
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Congress or journal article abstract
TB infection decreases asthma prevalence and severity of symptoms
Isam Abdalla (Wad Medani, Sudan), Amir Bashir, Isam Eddin Abdallah, Omer Musa
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of the Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccination on clinical symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis
Khalil Ansarin (Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran), Khalil Ansarin, Leyla Sahebi, Safar Farajnia
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Congress or journal article abstract
Evolution of TB in BCG unimmunized children
Vladimir Iacomi (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova), Vladimir Iacomi, Stela Kulcitkaia, Ninel Revenco, Constantin Iavorschi, Valentina Vilc, Daniela Bursacovschi
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Monitoring of adverse events of BCG vaccination in Moscow, Russia
Tatiana Sevostyanova (Moscow, Russian Federation), Tatiana Sevostyanova, Valentina Aksenova, Evgeny Belilovsky
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Biomarkers of systemic inflammatory response in patients with tuberculosis, combined with HIV infection
Rizvan Abdullaev (Moscow, Russian Federation), Rizvan Abdullaev, Oksana Komissarova, Lev Gerasimov
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Markers of cellular immunity in the diagnosis of tuberculosis pleurisy
Viacheslav Zhuravlev (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation), Viacheslav Zhuravlev, Marina Dyakova, Dilyara Esmedlyaeva, Tatiana Perova
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster