M. Sester (Homburg, Germany), J-P. Zellweger (Villars-Sur-Glâne, Switzerland), W. Ricketts (London, United Kingdom), C. Jafari (Hamburg, Germany)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Intracellular ESAT-6: a new biomarker of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection? N. Poulakis, A. Gritzapis, V. Tsilivakos, M. Ploussi, M. Leventopoulos, C. Papageorgiou, A. Anastasopoulos, S. Karabela, E. Vogiatzakis, P. Constantoulakis (Athens, Greece)
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The role of multinuclear macrophages for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis with application of cytospine-preparation – Review of 152 cases T. Mamaladze, M. Kikvidze, L. Mikiashvili, N. Gujabidze, R. Aspindzelashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia)
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Manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis on computed tomography in patients with HIV infection, depending on the degree of immunosuppression A. Lazareva, P. Gavrilov, E. Reshetneva, E. Malashenkov, P. Yablonskiy (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Xpert MTB/RIF for rapid diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis from endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration specimen J. Lee, Y. S. Park, C. H. Lee, S. M. Lee, J. J. Yim, C. G. Yoo, Y. W. Kim, S. K. Han (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
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Detection of fluoroquinolones resistance mutations in mycobacterium tuberculosis by hydrolysis probes and RFLP V. Slizen, A. Zalutskaya, L. Surkova (Minsk, Belarus)
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23S rRNA mutations in linezolid-resistant clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis: A report of two cases M. Lee, T. Song (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
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T cells subpopulations and cytokine responses to tuberculosis antigens in blood of smoking and nonsmoking tuberculosis patients N. Makarova, T. Vaneeva, N. Kulikovskaya, V. Litvinov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Are there any similarities between the skin and the blood tests with CFP10-ESAT6 in tuberculosis patients? N. Makarova, T. Vaneeva, N. Kulikovskaya, V. Litvinov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Intracellular cytokine and cathelicidin secretion from monocytes and neutrophils in childhood lung tuberculosis and its relationship with vitamin D levels E. Cakir, E. Torun, E. Cetin Aktas, G. Deniz (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Properties of cultures of M. tuberculosis isolated from the surfaces of objects TB facilities N. Eremeeva, D. Vakhruscheva, M. Kravchenco, K. Bobrovskaya, T. Umpeleva (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation)
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A study of immunogenetic markers associated With tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus M. Ponnana, R. Sivangala, S. Thada, L. Joshi, V. L. Valluri, S. L. Gaddam (Hyderabad, India)
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Comparison of tuberculin test and Diaskintest® in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children N. Korneva, A. Starshinova, J. Ovchinnikova, I. Dovgaliuk, P. Yablonskiy (St.-Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Evaluation of lung high resolution Ct scan (HRCT) in PPD positive cases who had close contact with BK positive sputum smear patients K. Navari, F. Navari, N. Navari, M. Vaezi (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Tuberculosis with mediastinal lymph node involvement: Current diagnostic techniques in clinical practice E. Sanchez, F. Andreo, E. Cases, A. Briones, J. Sanz, R. Moreno, C. Prat, C. Navarro, M. Llatjos, C. Martinez, J. Ruiz (Badalona, Valencia, Spain)
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High resolution computed tomographic findings in pulmonary tuberculosis M. Triki, A. Hedhli, M. Abouda, F. Yangui, S. Sellami, M. Charfi, M. R. Charfi (La Marsa, Tunisia)
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BACTEC versus Lowenstein-Jensen media for isolation of mycobacterium tuberculosis R. El-Helbawy, O. Fahim, A. Abd-Elaziz, E. Eed, M. Abd-Elazeem (Shebin El-Kom, Egypt)
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Utility of quantitative analysis of urine lipoarabinomannan in the diagnosis of tuberculosis M. Aga, R. El-Helbawy, N. El-Helbawy, N. El-Sheak (Shebean Elkoam, Shebean El-Koam, Egypt)
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Online method for diagnosing sputum smears negative TB cases in a developing country M. Irfan, Z. Fatmi, S. Shaikh, V. Bari (Karachi, Pakistan)
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Rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by an enzyme-linked immunospot assay using induced sputum cells D. Jeon, S. E. Lee, W. H. Cho, Y. S. Kim, E. S. Son, M. S. Hong, S. Y. Eum (Yangsan, Changwon, Republic Of Korea)
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