D. Cirillo (Milano, Italy), M. Losi (Modena, Italy)
Rapid diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis by bronchoalveolar-lavage enzyme-linkend immunospot: interim analysis of a TBNET study C. Jafari, M. Ernst, A. Bossink, L. Codecasa, A. Strassburg, B. Kalsdorf, S. F. T. Thiijsen, U. Greinert, D. Kirsten, A. Lalvani, D. Goletti, C. Lange (Borstel, Großhansdorf, Germany; Utrecht, Netherlands; Milan, Rome, Italy; London, United Kingdom)
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RD1-epitopes response correlates with the time since first exposure in close contacts recently exposed to mycobacterium tuberculosis D. Goletti, M. P. Parracino, O. Butera, F. Bizzoni, S. Carrara, D. Vincenti, D. Dainotto, G. Anzidei, E. Girardi (Rome, Italy)
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Response to RD1 selected epitopes is associated to active tuberculosis. Results of a European multicentre hospital-based study: interim analysis of a European tuberculosis network (TBNET) study D. Goletti, S. Carrara, D. Vincenti, C. Lange, F. Mengoni, C. Mastroianni, D. Cirillo, R. Markova, R. Drenska, M. Amicosante, C. Saltini, E. Girardi (Rome, Milan, Italy; Borstel, Germany; Sophya, Bulgaria)
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Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with chronic liver disease undergoing liver transplantation: performance of the new IFN-γ-based assays M. Losi, S. Cerri, M. Codeluppi, S. Cocchi, R. D‘Amico, P. Roversi, R. Caracciolo, M. Meacci, B. Meccugni, F. Rumpianesi, R. Esposito, L. M. Fabbri, L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)
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T-cell interferon-γ release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis in routine clinical practice M. Losi, L. Codecasa, A. Bossink, C. Jafari, M. Ernst, S. F. T. Thijsen, D. Cirillo, L. Fabbri, L. Richeldi, C. Lange (Modena, Milan, Italy; Utrecht, Netherlands; Borstel, Germany)
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ESAT-6/CFP-10 and PPD-stimulated cytokine production in patients with MTB infection R. Drenska, R. Markova, Y. Todorova, V. Tersieva, D. Stefanova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Isoniazid prophylaxis differently modulates T-cell responses to RD1-epitopes in contacts recently exposed to mycobacterium tuberculosis: a pilot study D. Goletti, M. P. Parracino, O. Butera, F. Bizzoni, S. Carrara, D. Vincenti, R. Casetti, D. Dainotto, G. Anzidei, C. Nisii, G. Ippolito, F. Poccia, E. Girardi (Rome, Italy)
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Comparison of Mendel-Mantoux skin test and detection of specific CD4-T-cells with an IFN-γ assay in whole blood U. Mack, T. Hodapp, U. Sester, H. Köhler, M. Sester, G. W. Sybrecht (Homburg, Saar, Germany)
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