Diagnosis of tuberculosis

Thematic Poster
Chairs: B. Lange (Freiburg, Germany), D. Pešut (Beograd, Republic of Serbia), S. Tiberi (London, United Kingdom), C. Magis-Escurra (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Late Breaking Abstract - An Electronic Nose as a screening tool for childhood Tuberculosis L. Quesada (Caracas, Venezuela), S. Poli De Frías (Caracas, Venezuela), G. Di Toro (Caracas, Venezuela), E. Salas (Caracas, Venezuela), A. Gutierrez (Caracas, Venezuela), J. Bello (Caracas, Venezuela), I. Tovar (Caracas, Venezuela), M. España (Caracas, Venezuela), H. Perez (Caracas, Venezuela), J. Villalba (Caracas, Venezuela), M. Villalon (Caracas, Venezuela), J. De Waard (Caracas, Venezuela)
Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance by GeneXpert MTB/RIF test S. Özkara (Ankara, Turkey), I. Ceyhan (Ankara, Turkey), M. Guler (Ankara, Turkey), G. Dulkar (Ankara, Turkey)
The utility of delta neutrophil index in differentiation of pulmonary tuberculosis from community acquired pneumonia B. Jhun (Seoul, Republic of Korea), J. Lim (Seoul, Republic of Korea), H. Gil (Seoul, Republic of Korea), Y. Sim (Seoul, Republic of Korea), T. Shin (Seoul, Republic of Korea), D. Kim (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
Compliance with recommendation for respiratory sampling in diagnosis of Tuberculosis(NICE guideline NG33) H. AUNG (Leeds, United Kingdom), S. Meghjee (Wakefield, United Kingdom), D. Wearmouth (Hull, United Kingdom)
Comparison of the diagnostic value of immunological test, applied to two types of biological fluids - venous blood and bronchoalveolar lavage in children with tuberculosis N. Gabrovska (Sofia, Bulgaria), S. Velizarova (Sofia, Bulgaria), D. Kostadinov (Sofia, Bulgaria), D. Valev (Sofia, Bulgaria), N. Gesheva (Sofia, Bulgaria), Y. Krasteva (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Activity of lysozyme and adenosine deaminase in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis M. Trajcevska (Skopje, FYROM (Macedonia)), A. Sandevski (Skopje, FYROM (Macedonia))
High serum periostin levels and the association with pulmonary tuberculosis m. yamauchi (Okinawa, Japan), T. Kinjo (Okinawa, Japan), G. Parrott (Okinawa, Japan), J. Fujita (Okinawa, Japan)
First experience of single TB centre in diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions using radial-EBUS. I. Shumskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation), I. Sivokozov (Moscow, Russian Federation), E. Larionova (Moscow, Russian Federation), G. Evguschenko (Moscow, Russian Federation), N. Karpina (Moscow, Russian Federation), O. Lovacheva (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Patients with recurrent tuberculosis in Istanbul: reactivation?, reinfection? G. Öcal (Istanbul, Turkey), P. Etiz (Adana, Turkey), Z. Bingol (Istanbul, Turkey), O. Koksalan (Istanbul, Turkey), Z. Kilicaslan (Istanbul, Turkey)
Radiological differential diagnosis of lung cavities R. Amansahedov (Moscow, Russian Federation), N. Karpina (Moscow, Russian Federation), I. Limarova (Moscow, Russian Federation), R. Kazho (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. Sigaev (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. Ergeshov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Diagnostic   role  of  bronchoscopy  in  induced  sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis  in tertiary care centre, South India D. Mascarenhas (MANGALORE, India), N. Motadka (MANGALORE, India)
Trend of delay treatment of patient and healthcare system in diagnosis and management of pulmonary tuberculosis in Iran A. Mozaffari (qom, Islamic Republic of Iran), R. Kianifar (qom, Islamic Republic of Iran)
Role of Bronchial Washing Gene Xpert in smear negative cases of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis F. Zuberi (Karachi, Pakistan), S. Hussain (Karachi, Pakistan), S. Hameed (Karachi, Pakistan), B. Zuberi (Karachi, Pakistan)
The role of computed tomography in differential diagnosis of pulmonary TB in patients with chronic renal failure in the terminal stage. O. Gordeeva (Moscow, Russian Federation), R. Amansakhedov (Moscow, Russian Federation), I. Limarova (Moscow, Russian Federation), N. Karpina (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. Ergeshov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Hepatic tuberculosis – a case series E. Williams (London, United Kingdom), J. Potter (London, United Kingdom), F. Duff (London, United Kingdom), M. Burman (London, United Kingdom), S. Tiberi (London, United Kingdom), V. White (London, United Kingdom), H. Kunst (London, United Kingdom)
Study of diagnostic sensitivity for mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB) by smear, culture and Xpert MTB/RIF assay in pleural specimens obtained by medical thoracoscopy. M. Prasad (Bangalore, India)
Semiquantitation of tuberculosis bacilli (MTB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in sputum by a new nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) E. Cambau (Paris, France), S. Kumanski (Paris, France), E. Lecorche (Paris, France), F. Mougari (Paris, France)
Knowledge of Cough Hygiene And Disposal of Sputum in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis D. Cheriamane (mangalore, India)
Negative effect of ferritin levels on T-SPOT.TB, an enzyme-linked immunospot based interferon-gamma release assay using Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigens, in the smear-positive active pulmonary tuberculosis. M. Yamamoto (Yokohama, Japan), K. Tashiro (Yokohama, Japan), M. Ikeda (Yokohama, Japan), H. Nagakura (Yokohama, Japan), K. Nakashima (Yokohama, Japan), R. Ushio (Yokohama, Japan), K. Nagai (Yokohama, Japan), Y. Hara (Yokohama, Japan), N. Kobayashi (Yokohama, Japan), T. Sato (Yokohama, Japan), M. Shinkai (Yokohama, Japan), M. Kudo (Yokohama, Japan), T. Kaneko (Yokohama, Japan)