Detection of M. tuberculosis complex DNA in a lesion resembling sarcoidosis

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 cle...

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Published in:Clinical and experimental dermatology 1996-05, Vol.21 (3), p.235-238
Main Authors: BASELGA, E., BARNADAS, M.A., MARGALL, N., DE MORAGAS, J.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sarcoidosis - diagnosis
Skin Diseases - diagnosis
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous - diagnosis
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0307-6938
1365-2230
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00073.x