Immunohistochemical identification of Propionibacterium acnes in granuloma and inflammatory cells of myocardial tissues obtained from cardiac sarcoidosis patients.

Immunohistochemical identification of Propionibacterium acnes in granuloma and inflammatory cells of myocardial tissues obtained from cardiac sarcoidosis patients.

BACKGROUND:Although rare, cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is potentially fatal. Early diagnosis and intervention are essential, but histopathologic diagnosis is limited. We aimed to detect Propionibacterium acnes, a commonly implicated etiologic agent of sarcoidosis, in myocardial tissues obtained from CS...

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Main Authors: Naoya Asakawa, Keisuke Uchida, Mamoru Sakakibara, Kazunori Omote, Keiji Noguchi, Yusuke Tokuda, Kiwamu Kamiya, Kanako C Hatanaka, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Shiro Yamada, Kyoko Asakawa, Yuichiro Fukasawa, Toshiyuki Nagai, Toshihisa Anzai, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Masanori Hirota, Makoto Orii, Takashi Akasaka, Kenta Uto, Yasushige Shingu, Yoshiro Matsui, Shin-Ichiro Morimoto, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Yoshinobu Eishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5501515?pdf=render

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