Molecular analysis of sarcoidosis tissues for Mycobacterium species DNA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1334-1341

  Drake, Wonder Puryear ^a   Pei, Zhiheng ^b   Pride, David T ^b   Collins, Robert D ^a   Cover, Timothy L ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036847769     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0811.020318     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Crystal RG, Bitterman PB, Rennard SI, Hance AJ, Keogh BA. Interstitial lung diseases of unknown cause: Disorders characterized by chronic inflammation of the lower respiratory tract. N Engl J Med 1984;310:154-66.
2. American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the World Association of sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG). Statement on sarcoidosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;160:736-55.
3. Relman DA, Loutit JS, Schmidt TM, Falkow S, Tompkins LS. The agent of bacillary angiomatosis. An approach to the identification of uncultured pathogens. N Engl J Med 1990;323:1573-80.
4. Relman DA, Schmidt TM, MacDermott RP, Falkow S. Identification of the uncultured bacillus of Whipple's disease. N Engl J Med 1992;327:293-301.
5. Scadding JG, Mitchell DN. Sarcoidosis. 2nd Ed. London: Chapman and Hall; 1985. p 36-41.
6. Foley N, Lambert C, McNicol M, Johnson N, Rook G. An inhibitor of tumour necrosis factor in the serum of patients with sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and Crohn's disease. Clin Exp Immunol 1990;80:395-9.
7. Brett G. Epidemiological trends in tuberculosis and sarcoidosis in a district of London between 1958 and 1963. Tubercle 1965;46:412-6.
8. Mitchell DN, Rees RJW. Some diseases of possible mycobacterial aetiology. In: Ratledge C, Stanford J, editors. The Biology of Mycobacteria. London: Academic Press; 1982. p. 525-36.
9. Rook GA, Stanford JL. Slow bacterial infections or autoimmunity? Immunol Today 1992;13:160-4.
10. Richter E, Greinert U, Kirsten D. Assessment of mycobacterial DNA in cells and tissues of mycobacterial and sarcoid lesions. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;153:375-80.
11. Bocart D, Lecossier D, de Lassence A, Valeyre D, Battesti JP, Hance AJ. A search for mycobacterial DNA in granulomatous tissues from patients with sarcoidosis using the polymerase chain reaction. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992;145:1142-8.
12. Popper HH, Klemen H, Hoefler G, Winter E. Presence of mycobacterial DNA in sarcoidosis. Hum Pathol 1997;28:796-800.
13. Li N, Bajoghi A, Kubba A, Bhawan J. Identification of mycobacterial DNA in cutaneous lesions of sarcoidosis. J Cutan Pathol 1999;26:271-8.
14. Hall BL, Finn OJ. PCR-based analysis of the T-cell receptor V beta multigene family: Experimental parameters affecting its validity. Biotechniques 1992;13:248-57.
15. Kim BJ, Lee SH, Lyu MA, Kim SJ, Bai GH, Chae GT, et al. Identification of mycobacterial species by comparative sequence analysis of the RNA polymerase gene (rpoB). J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:1714-20.
16. Eisenach KD, Cave MD, Bates JH, Crawford JT. Polymerase chain reaction amplification of a repetitive DNA sequence specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Infect Dis 1990;161:977-81.
17. Del Portillo P, Munillo LA, Patarroyo ME. Amplification of a species-specific DNA fragment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its possible use in diagnosis. J Clin Microbiol 1991;29:2163-8.
18. Edwards U, Rogall T, Blocker H, Emde M, Bottger EC. Isolation and direct complete nucleotide determination of entire genes. Characterization of a gene coding for 16S ribosomal RNA. Nucleic Acid Res 1989;17:7843-53.
19. Rogall T, Wolters J, Flohr T, Bottger EC. Towards a phylogeny and definition of species at the molecular level within the genus Mycobacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990;40:323-30.
20. El-Zaatari FA, Naser SA, Markesich DC, Kalter DC, Engstand L, Graham DY. Identification of Mycobacterium avium complex in sarcoidosis. J Clin Microbiol 1996;34:2240-5.
21. Sreevatsan S, Pan X, Stockbauer KE, Connell ND, Kreiswirth BN, Whittam TS, et al. Restricted structural gene polymorphism in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex indicates evolutionarily recent global dissimenation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997;94:9869-74.
22. Wong CF, Yew WW, Wong PC, Lee J. A case of concomitant tuberculosis and sarcoidosis with mycobacterial DNA present in the sarcoid lesion. Chest 1998;114:626-9.
23. Emerson PA, Young FH. Sarcoidosis following tuberculosis. Tubercle 1956;4:116-9.
24. Kent DC, Houk VN, Elliott RC, Sokolowski JW, Baker JH, Sorensen K. The definitive evaluation of sarcoidosis. American Review of Respiratory Diseases 1970;101:721-7.
25. Sieling RA, Modlin RL. Cytokine patterns at the site of mycobacterial infection. Immunobiology 1994;191:378-87.
26. van Soolingen D, Hermans PWM, De Haas PEW, Soll DR, van Embden JDA. Comparison of various repetitive DNA elements as genetic markers for strain differentiation and epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 1991;29:2578-86.
27. Wilsher ML, Menzies RE, Croxson MC. Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in tissues affected by sarcoidosis. Thorax 1998;53:871-4.
28. Vokurka M, Lecossier D, du Bois RM, Wallaert B, Kambouchner M, Tazi A, et al. Absence of DNA from mycobacteria of the M. tuberculosis complex in sarcoidosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;156:1000-3.
29. Klemen H, Husain AN, Cagle PT, Garrity ER, Popper HH. Mycobacterial DNA in recurrent sarcoidosis in the transplanted lung - A PCR-based study on four cases. Virchows Arch 2000;436:365-9.
30. Chao SC, Yan JJ, Lee JY. Cutaneous sarcoidosis among Taiwanese. J Formosan Med Assoc 2000;99:317-23.
31. Se Thoe SY, Tay L, Sng EH. Evaluation of amplicon- and IS6110-PCR for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Singapore. Trop Med Int Health 1997;2:1095-101.
32. van Soolingen D, de Haas PE, Hermans PW, Groenen PM, van Embden JD. Comparison of various repetitive DNA elements as genetic markers for strain differentiation and epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 1993;31:1987-95.
33. Bifani PJ, Shopsin B, Alcabes P, Mathema B, Kreiswirth BN, Liu Z, et al. Molecular epidemiology and tuberculosis control. JAMA 2000;284:305-7.
34. Pace NR. A molecular view of microbial diversity and the biosphere. Science 1997;276:734-40.