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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 Toro
1
, J Austin
1
, D Coetzee
2
, Z Stein
1
, and W El-Sadr
1
1
Columbia Univ, New York, NY, USA and
2
Univ 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 Gori
1
, A Bandera
1
, G Marchetti
1
, A Degli Esposti
1
, L Catozzi
1
, G Nardi
2
, G Ferrario
1
, F Zanini
1
, J van Embden
3
, D van Soolingen
3
, M Moroni
1
, and F Franzetti
1
1
Univ of Milan, Italy;
2
Laboratory of Microbiology, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy; and
3
Natl 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 Oliva
1
, E Navas
1
, P Miralles
1
, J González
2
, R Rubio
3
, F Pulido
3
, E Valencia
4
, A Arranz
5
, and J Sanz
5
1
Hosp Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain;
2
Hosp La Paz, Madrid, Spain;
3
Hosp 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain;
4
Hosp Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and
5
Hosp 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 Jack
2
, S Khoo
3
, U Lalloo
2
, and V Naidoo
2
1
Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, USA;
2
Nelson R Mandela Sch of Med, Univ KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa; and
3
Univ of Liverpool, UK
892
IL-15 Adjuvants T-cell Responses
in vivo
to a Multi-epitope DNA Vaccine against Mtb
Luisa Marcon*
1
, J McMurry
1
, J Franco
1
, J Carter
2
, M Gennaro
3
, W Martin
4
, and A DeGroot
1
1
Brown Univ Sch of Med, Providence, RI, USA;
2
Rhode Island TB Clinic, Providence, USA;
3
Publ Hlth Res Inst, New York, NY, USA; and
4
EpiVax, Providence, RI, USA