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Microbial Lineages in Sarcoidosis. A Metagenomic Analysis Tailored for Low–Microbial Content Samples
28 Aug 2017
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RATIONALE: The etiology of sarcoidosis is unknown, but microbial agents are suspected as triggers. OBJECTIVES: We sought to identify bacterial, fungal, or viral lineages in specimens from patients with sarcoidosis enriched relative to control subjects using metagenomic DNA sequencing. Because DNA from environmental contamination contributes disproportionately to samples with low authentic microbial content, we...
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