Sarcoidosis and tuberculosis cytokine profiles: indistinguishable in bronchoalveolar lavage but different in blood.

Sarcoidosis and tuberculosis cytokine profiles: indistinguishable in bronchoalveolar lavage but different in blood.

The clinical, radiological and pathological similarities between sarcoidosis and tuberculosis can make disease differentiation challenging. A complicating factor is that some cases of sarcoidosis may be initiated by mycobacteria. We hypothesised that immunological profiling might provide insight int...

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Main Authors: Muhunthan Thillai, Christian Eberhardt, Alex M Lewin, Lee Potiphar, Suzie Hingley-Wilson, Saranya Sridhar, Jonathan Macintyre, Onn Min Kon, Melissa Wickremasinghe, Athol Wells, Mark E Weeks, Donald Mitchell, Ajit Lalvani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3398021?pdf=render

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