Annual Congress Glasgow 2004

Saturday, 04.09.2004
Sunday, 05.09.2004
Monday, 06.09.2004
Tuesday, 07.09.2004
Wednesday, 08.09.2004

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, abstract number.


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Diagnostic clinical and biological features in tuberculosis

Poster Discussion
Chairs: J. Sorli (Golnik, Slovenia), P. Kelly (Dublin, Ireland)
Humoral immune response to recombinant and native mycobacterial antigens in different forms of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in adults (A) and children (C)
U. Demkow, J. Ziolkowski, T. M. Zielonka, M. Filewska, B. Bialas, D. Michalowska, J. Kus, J. Winek, K. Roszkowski, Z. Zwolska, E. Skopinska (Warsaw, Poland)
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Specific lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production in active pulmonary tuberculosis
E. Carasevici, C. Cozmei, L. Padureanu, A. Sorete-Arbore, T. Mihaescu, S. Arama, D. Gramada (Iasi, Romania)
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Factors effecting the development of radiological sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis
T. Törün, E. Uysal, G. Güngör, I. Özmen, E. Maden, K. Tahaoglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytokines(TNF-α, IL-2, IFN-γ) in Turkish patients with smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis
E. Kupeli, D. Karnak, S. Beder, O. Kayacan, H. Tutkak (Ankara, Turkey)
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Diagnostic significance of gamma- interferon in tuberculous pleurisy
B. M. Poyraz, A. Kaya, A. Ciledag, A. Oktem, U. Gonullu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Combined use of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase and lymphocyte/neutrophil ratio for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion
Y. S. Hwang, M. K. Shin, H. C. Kim (Jinju, South Korea)
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Change of the tuberculin reaction in the boarders of the Sanatorium for Chronic Diseases Lasithi
A. Galatsanos, P. Anastasia, T. Nikolaos, P. Ekaterini, K. Evagelos (Agios Nikolaos, Greece)
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Yield of examining repeated sputum specimens in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: how many sputum samples are adequate?
A. Yilmaz, U. Bayram, S. Gungor, E. Damadoglu, M. Partal, E. Akkaya, T. Karagoz (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Frequency of endobronchial tuberculosis in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis is high
S. S. Jung, S. J. Kwon, J. Y. Ahn, H. S. Park, J. O. Kim, S. Y. Kim (Daejon, South Korea)
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Influence Liv-52 on activity of the liver monooxygenase systems at patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
T. I. Petrenko, U. M. Charlamova, N. S. Kisilova (Novosibirsk, Russia)
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Vitamin D deficiency is very common in London tuberculosis contacts
A. R. Martineau, B. M. Hall, S. Rainbow, G. E. Packe, R. N. Davidson, R. J. Wilkinson, C. J. Griffiths (London, United Kingdom)
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Witness of tuberculosis: lipoarabinomannan antigen
L. A. Henn, E. A. Almeida (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
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Immune diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV+ subjects with a clinical suspicion of active disease
S. Carrara, D. Vincenti, M. Amicosante, F. Palmieri, A. Rianda, E. Girardi, D. Goletti (Rome, Italy)
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Chemokines in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: IL-8. IP-10, MCP-1, MIP-1β and RANTES gene expression analysis using real-time PCR
P. Santos, A. Almeida, A. Domingos, F. Regateiro, A. Segorbe-Luis (Coimbra, Torres Vedras, Portugal)
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The role of leptin and TNF-alpha in pulmonary tuberculosis
H. Buyukoglan, I. Gulmez, F. Kelestimur, L. Kart, M. Ozesmi (Kayseri, Zonguldak, Turkey)
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Circulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is associated with the extension of lung disease in patients with active tuberculosis
Y. Oshita, T. Kitajima, T. Koga, T. Kamimura, T. Rikimaru, H. Aizawa (Kurume, Japan)
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The relation of the pleural thickening in tuberculosis pleurisy with the activity of adenosine deaminase
B. T. Uskul, H. Turker, C. Ulman, A. Kant, S. Arslan, B. Kos, M. Ozgel (Istanbul, Turkey)
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The relation of serum interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein to clinical parameters in pulmonary tuberculosis
D. Köksal, E. Ünsal, S. Aksaray, E. Güvener, T. Sipit (Ankara, Turkey)
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Pulmonary mycosis- an important differential diagnosis in tuberculosis endemic areas
A. N. Parau, D. V. Todea, D. Homorodean, L. Filip, V. Muresan, M. Simon (Cluj, Romania)
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