Is sarcoidosis a borreliosis?
Recently some Authors have suggested that sarcoidosis may be a borreliosis. Thus in the period April to June 1991 we studied serum samples of 12 sarcoid patients (pts) by ELISA in order to identify antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb). None had positive results. We conclude that great caution is to be used in advancing the hypothesis of an etiologic role of Bb in sarcoidosis.
Montemurro
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Sarcoidosis Clinic, EO Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy.
Rizzato
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D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000382:microbiology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial