Can tuberculosis cause sarcoidosis? New techniques try to answer an old question

Chest. 1998 Aug;114(2):363-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.114.2.363.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial