Is sarcoidosis a rickettsiosis? An archival study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-353

  Svendsen, Claus Bo ^a,b   Milman, Nils ^c   Andersen, Claus B ^b   Rasmussen, Erik M ^a   Thomsen, Vibeke Ø ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Denmark)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; polymerase chain reaction; Rickettsia; sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIOPSY; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; IXODES; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SARCOIDOSIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954535436     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.554431     Document Type: Article

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