Mycobacterium smegmatis in Skin Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Suppurative Granulomatous Inflammation | Zendy

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Mycobacterium smegmatis in Skin Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Suppurative Granulomatous Inflammation

Author(s) -

Zhe Xu,

Di Lu,

Xia Zhang,

Haijing Li,

Shufang Meng,

Yuesong Pan,

Alan S. Boyd,

Lin Ma,

YiWei Tang

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.03421-12

Subject(s) - biopsy , odds ratio , mycobacterium smegmatis , pathology , skin biopsy , granuloma , confidence interval , granulomatous inflammation , medicine , biology , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis

Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded skin biopsy specimens, including 72 suppurative granulomatous inflammation (SGI) and 47 non-SGI controls, were tested for mycobacteria by using a broad-range PCR and a suspension array identification system. Mycobacterium smegmatis was detected in 13 (18.1%) of the SGI skin biopsy specimens, which was significantly more than 2 (4.3%) in the controls (odds ratio, 5.73; 95% confidence interval, 1.21 to 27.06; P = 0.028).

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