title: Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Greek patients with sarcoidosis by Spoligotyping.
abstract: Spoligotyping was undertaken with 38 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Greek sarcoidosis patients and 31 isolates from patients with tuberculosis. Fifty percent of the isolates from sarcoidosis patients and 16.13% of the isolates from patients with tuberculosis were represented by a unique pattern, whereas the remaining isolates belonged to seven shared types. Interestingly, half of the isolates from sarcoidosis patients did not resemble the spoligotypes of the isolates from patients with tuberculosis, most of which pertained to shared spoligotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece. mgazouli@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gazouli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ikonomopoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koundourakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bartos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pavlik
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Overduin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gorgoulis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kittas
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000032:analysis*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides