The Sarcoid-Tuberculosis link: Evidence from a high TB prevalence country

Journal of Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 501-503

  Mootha, Vamsi K ^a   Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Ahmed, Javaid ^a   Verma, Indu ^a   Bal, Amanjit ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BCG VACCINE;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953325775     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.03.010     Document Type: Letter

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