Annual Congress Berlin 2001

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 18: Suppl. 33, abstract number.

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: H. Milburn (London, United Kingdom), S. H. E. Kaufmann (Berlin, Germany)

Molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis in a north Italian clinical setting: results of routine use of a commercial LCR-based test L. Richeldi, G. Ferrara, M. Losi, V. Vezzani, F. Rumpianesi, C. Venturelli, C. Casolari, C. Saltini (Modena, Roma, Italy)
HIV infection and diagnostic tests for pleural tuberculosis M. J. Hopley, M. L. Wong, I. Ganchi (Soweto, South Africa)
BACTEC Myco/F increases culture yield from HIV positive patients with pleural tuberculosis M. J. Hopley, N. Grilo, M. L. Wong, I. Ganchi (Soweto, South Africa)
Diagnostic value of concentrated acid-fast smears in pulmonary tuberculosis H. Akbal, Z. Kilicaslan, N. E. Seber (Istanbul, Turkey)
Comparison of sputum induction (SI) with fiberoptic bronchoscopy (BFC) in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) M. E. Toubes, A. Castro-Paz, J. Tabara, P. Iglesias, L. Barbeito, J. Lamela (Orense, Spain)
Diagnostic value of ligase chain reaction (LCR) in pulmonary tuberculosis (TB): any advantages respect conventional tests? R. Scala, I. Galanti, I. Archinucci, F. Viti, M. Rossi (Arezzo, Italy)
Critical aspects concerning TB diagnosis in children I. P. Stoicescu, D. Mihailescu, O. Anastasatu, D. Rosca, S. Vasile, I. Strambu (Bucharest, Romania)