Sarcoidosis is a complex disease with heterogeneous clinical presentations that can affect
virtually any organ. Although the lung is typically the most common organ involved …

Real-time PCR has revolutionized the way clinical microbiology laboratories diagnose many
human microbial infections. This testing method combines PCR chemistry with fluorescent …

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause. Sarcoidosis involving
the heart, ie, cardiac sarcoidosis, affects the prognosis of patients significantly as it may lead …

This is an update on sarcoidosis, focusing on etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. In the area
of etiopathogenesis, we now have a better understanding of the immune response that …

CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a term that has been used to
describe a number of entities characterized by chronic symptoms of nasal and sinus …

Use of PCR in the field of molecular diagnostics has increased to the point where it is now
accepted as the standard method for detecting nucleic acids from a number of sample and …

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of
noncaseating granulomas in any organ, most commonly the lungs and intrathoracic lymph …

The Gram-positive bacterium Propionibacterium acnes is a member of the normal human
skin microbiota and is associated with various infections and clinical conditions. There is …

Propionibacterium acnes is a Gram-positive bacterium that forms part of the normal flora of
the skin, oral cavity, large intestine, the conjunctiva and the external ear canal. Although …

Objective. TNF blockers have been recently evaluated for treating refractory sarcoidosis and
could be efficient. However, several cases of sarcoidosis have been diagnosed during anti …