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Session 154  Poster Abstracts
Tuberculosis and HIV
Wednesday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall B
      887 A Clinical Prediction Rule to Identify High-risk Cases for HIV Co-infection among Patients Presenting with Tuberculosis
S K Sharma*, T Kadhiravan, A Banga, and P Saha
All India Inst of Med Sci, New Delhi, India
      888

Comparison of the Sensitvity of an in-Tube, Whole Blood, Inteferon-g Release Assay using ESAT-6 and CFP-10 to Sputum Smear Results in HIV-infected Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Simon Tsiouris*1, P Toro1, J Austin1, D Coetzee2, Z Stein1, and W El-Sadr1
1Columbia Univ, New York, NY, USA and 2Univ of Cape Town, South Africa
      889

Clinical Usefulness of Spoligotyping, a Molecular Method for Simultaneous Identification and Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Lidia Gazzola*1, A Gori1, A Bandera1, G Marchetti1, A Degli Esposti1, L Catozzi1, G Nardi2, G Ferrario1, F Zanini1, J van Embden3, D van Soolingen3, M Moroni1, and F Franzetti1
1Univ of Milan, Italy; 2Laboratory of Microbiology, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy; and 3Natl Inst of Publ Hlth and Environmental Protection (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
      890

Optimal Timing of Administration of ART in AIDS Patients with Tuberculosis
Santiago Moreno*1, J Oliva1, E Navas1, P Miralles1, J González2, R Rubio3, F Pulido3, E Valencia4, A Arranz5, and J Sanz5
1Hosp Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; 2Hosp La Paz, Madrid, Spain; 3Hosp 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; 4Hosp Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and 5Hosp Principe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain
      891


Efavirenz Levels and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with TB and HIV Treated Concomitantly with ART and Rifampin-containing TB Regimen
Gerald Friedland*1,2, C Jack2, S Khoo3, U Lalloo2, and V Naidoo2
1Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, USA; 2Nelson R Mandela Sch of Med, Univ KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa; and 3Univ of Liverpool, UK
      892 IL-15 Adjuvants T-cell Responses in vivo to a Multi-epitope DNA Vaccine against Mtb
Luisa Marcon*1, J McMurry1, J Franco1, J Carter2, M Gennaro3, W Martin4, and A DeGroot1
1Brown Univ Sch of Med, Providence, RI, USA; 2Rhode Island TB Clinic, Providence, USA; 3Publ Hlth Res Inst, New York, NY, USA; and 4EpiVax, Providence, RI, USA