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Detection of M. tuberculosis complex DNA in a lesion resembling sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
BASELGA E.,
BARNADAS M.A.,
MARGALL N.,
MORAGAS J.M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00073.x
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , tuberculosis , clearance , lesion , polymerase chain reaction , medicine , pathology , tuberculin , dna , dermatology , biology , biochemistry , genetics , urology , gene
Summary We describe a tuberculin test (PPD) negative patient with a chronic cutaneous lesion with histological features resembling sareoidosis, in whom M. tuberculosis complex DNA was detected in formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded tissue by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. The lesion cleared with antituberculous treatment.