14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious ...

Poster Sessions Tuesday, May 4, 2004
P1639 Syphilis Fast, a rapid treponemal test for
the serodiagnosis of syphilis
P. Tajada Alegre, M. Gutiérrez, R. De-Julián,
A. Morente, M. García-Collía, M. Baquero,
A. Pérez-Rivilla, J.L. Gómez-Garcés (Madrid, E)
P1640 A multiplexed syphilis IgM serological test
for the diagnosis of Treponema pallidum
infection
H. Yu, S. Binder, F. Torres, C. Hixson, S. Garcia,
J. Wang, P. Chen (Hercules, USA)
P1641 Evaluation of GLP antigen for serodiagnosis
of human leptospirosis
E. Caló Romero, R. Morozetti Blanco, C. Motta
Bernardo, M.C. Outeiro Gorla (São Paulo, BR)
P1642 Comparison of three different Toxocara ELISA
and Western blotting methods in respect
of sensitivity and specificity
J. Danka, I. Kucsera, E. Orosz, Z. Szénási
(Budapest, HUN)
P1643 Evaluation of multiplexed IgG and IgM
immunoassays for infectious mononucleosis
and Epstein-Barr virus using the Bio-Rad
BioPlex 2200 immunoassay analyser
R. Bruehl, H. Scholz, L. Cuadra, F. Torres,
J. Wang, R. Kaul, K. Yu, P. Chen, S. Binder
(Hercules, USA)
P1644 Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of six
combined P24 antigen and HIV antibody
screening assays
T.D. Ly, S. Laperche, C. Brennan, A. Vallari,
A. Ebel, J. Hunt, L. Martin, D. Daghfal, S. Devare
(Ivry sur Seine, Paris, F; Illinois, USA)
P1645 Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of
a new generation of Immunocomb II HCV
for the detection of anti-hepatitis C virus
antibodies
P. Veillon, A. Calvo, F. Lunel-Fabiani
(Angers, Coubevoie, F)
P1646 Western immunoblotting for serologic
diagnosis of human candidosis
F. Persat, D. Martin, M.A. Piens, S. Picot (Lyon, F)
P1647 Advanced serological tests for the diagnosis
of African tick bite fever
M. Jensenius, P.-E. Fournier, S. Vene, S. Ringertz,
B. Myrvang, D. Raoult
(Oslo, N; Marseille, F; Solna, S)
12:00–13:00
Diagnostic methods: blood culture
P1648 Evaluation of two procedures for direct
inoculation of Gram-negative aerobic and
facultative anaerobic bacteria from positive
BACTEC blood cultures into the Phoenix
automated microbiology system
H. De Beenhouwer, M. Struelens, E. Perea,
I. Autenrieth
(Aalst, Brussels, B; Seville, E; Tubingen, D)
P1649 Clinical and organisational factors associated
with negative blood cultures from general
internal medicine wards
B.P. Ehrenstein, V. Ehrenstein, C. Henke,
H.J. Linde, J. Schölmerich, T. Glück
(Regensburg, D; Boston, USA)
P1650 Reducing the rate of blood culture
contamination
A. Itzhaki, T. Lazarovitch, K. Ovadia, I. Gazit,
J. Karpuch (Zrifin, IL)
P1651 Comparison percentage of blood culture
contamination in four hospital units and
corrective sampling and processing after
training
M. Yaghobi (Tehran, IR)
P1652 Prospective study to evaluate differential
time-to-positivity in the diagnosis of portrelated
bloodstream infection
J.L. del Pozo León, A. Aguinaga Pérez,
S. Hernáez Crespo, M. Lamata Subero,
A. Rodríguez Macías, M.F. Rubio Vallejo,
M. Fdez-Alonso, J. Leiva León (Pamplona, E)
P1653 Procalcitonin rapid test in the diagnosis of
sepsis
K. Grozdanovski, Z. Milenkovic, P. Kalamaras,
K. Karovski, V. Urosevic, D. Jovanovska,
M. Cvetanovska, V. Semenakova (Skopje, MK)
P1654 Usefulness of plasma procalcitonin in
diagnosis of microbial infection among
adults patients
D. Dimou, M. Belechri, N. Marougas,
N. Ioakimides, A. Karali, C. Kotsovassilis,
P. Tsiodra, S. Chini, C. Keramidas (Athens, GR)
P1655 Should procalcitonin be introduced in the
diagnostic criteria for the systemic
inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis?
E.J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, P. Grecka,
P. Giannopoulou, D. Voros, K. Mandragos,
H. Giamarellou (Athens, GR)
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