Sarcoidosis: Role of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous inflammatory disease that is induced by unknown antigen(s) in a genetically susceptible host. Although the direct link between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection and sarcoidosis can be excluded on the basis of current knowledge, non-infectious mechanisms may ex...
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| description | Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous inflammatory disease that is induced by unknown antigen(s) in a genetically susceptible host. Although the direct link between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection and sarcoidosis can be excluded on the basis of current knowledge, non-infectious mechanisms may explain the causative role of mycobacterial antigens. Ever since sarcoidosis was first described, its relationship with tuberculosis (TB) has been under-investigated. Whereas some researchers consider sarcoidosis and TB as two examples of the same disease process, others have rejected mycobacteria as playing any causative role in sarcoidosis. Whether they are linked causally or not, clinical evidence makes a differential diagnosis between the two conditions very challenging, particularly in countries with high burden of TB. The present study analyzes the relationship between sarcoidosis and TB and its implications in clinical practice. The coincidence of TB and sarcoidosis and the higher incidence of mycobacterial DNA in biological samples of sarcoid patients have been reported by many authors. In addition, new evidence of a similarity in MTB phenotype in sarcoidosis is provided. Overall, these observations suggest that TB and sarcoidosis may not only share the same etiology, but may even be different aspects of one disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d700b65c5514e3a95dd1c03a303ffcc2022-12-21T23:49:22ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology2212-55312212-554X2014-01-013422522910.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.10.008Sarcoidosis: Role of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosisEsmaeil MortazIan N AdcockPeter J BarnesSarcoidosis is a granulomatous inflammatory disease that is induced by unknown antigen(s) in a genetically susceptible host. Although the direct link between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection and sarcoidosis can be excluded on the basis of current knowledge, non-infectious mechanisms may explain the causative role of mycobacterial antigens. Ever since sarcoidosis was first described, its relationship with tuberculosis (TB) has been under-investigated. Whereas some researchers consider sarcoidosis and TB as two examples of the same disease process, others have rejected mycobacteria as playing any causative role in sarcoidosis. Whether they are linked causally or not, clinical evidence makes a differential diagnosis between the two conditions very challenging, particularly in countries with high burden of TB. The present study analyzes the relationship between sarcoidosis and TB and its implications in clinical practice. The coincidence of TB and sarcoidosis and the higher incidence of mycobacterial DNA in biological samples of sarcoid patients have been reported by many authors. In addition, new evidence of a similarity in MTB phenotype in sarcoidosis is provided. Overall, these observations suggest that TB and sarcoidosis may not only share the same etiology, but may even be different aspects of one disease.http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2014;volume=3;issue=4;spage=225;epage=229;aulast=MortazSarcoidosisMycobacterium tuberculosisNon-tuberculosis mycobacteriumLung |
| spellingShingle | Esmaeil Mortaz Ian N Adcock Peter J Barnes Sarcoidosis: Role of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis International Journal of Mycobacteriology Sarcoidosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Non-tuberculosis mycobacterium Lung |
| title | Sarcoidosis: Role of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_full | Sarcoidosis: Role of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_fullStr | Sarcoidosis: Role of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sarcoidosis: Role of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_short | Sarcoidosis: Role of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_sort | sarcoidosis role of non tuberculosis mycobacteria and mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| topic | Sarcoidosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Non-tuberculosis mycobacterium Lung |
| url | http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2014;volume=3;issue=4;spage=225;epage=229;aulast=Mortaz |
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