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Molecular Analysis of Sarcoidosis Tissues forMycobacteriumSpecies DNA
1 Nov 2002
Abstract excerpt
We performed polymerase chain reaction analysis, for Mycobacterium species 16S rRNA, rpoB, and IS6110 sequences, on 25 tissue specimens from patients with sarcoidosis and on 25 control tissue specimens consisting of mediastinal or cervical lymph nodes and lung biopsies. Mycobacterium species 16S rRNA sequences were amplified from 12 (48%) rpoB sequences and from 6 (24%) of the sarcoidosis specimens. In total, 16S...
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