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High prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in biopsies from sarcoidosis patients from Catalonia, Spain.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases - 1 Jan 2006
Fité E, Fernández-Figueras M T, Prats R, Vaquero M, Morera J
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BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. The presence of mycobacterial nucleic acid components in patients with sarcoidosis has been demonstrated with varying degrees of success. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to estimate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in tissues from sarcoidosis patients, in Catalonia, Spain, as well as to assess the long-term...
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