Presence of Rickettsia helvetica in granulomatous tissue from patients with sarcoidosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1128-1138

  Nilsson, Kenneth ^a,e   Påhlson, Carl ^a,f   Lukinius, Agneta ^b   Eriksson, Lars ^b   Nilsson, Lennart ^d   Lindquist, Olle ^c  

^a Section of Infectious Diseases   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0037090111     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339962     Document Type: Article

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