Volume 8, Number 11—November 2002
Research
Molecular Analysis of Sarcoidosis Tissues for Mycobacterium Species DNA
Wonder Puryear Drake*
, Zhiheng Pei†, David T. Pride†, Robert D. Collins*, Timothy L. Cover*, and Martin J. Blaser†
, Zhiheng Pei†, David T. Pride†, Robert D. Collins*, Timothy L. Cover*, and Martin J. Blaser†Table 1
Demographic and pathologic information for sarcoidosis and control tissue specimensa
| Patient | Age (yrs)/sex | Race | Source of specimen | Pathologic diagnosis | Presence of granuloma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61/M | C | Lung | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 2 | 60/F | C | Cervical node | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 3 | 43/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 4 | 55/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 5 | 42/M | AA | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 6 | 54/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 7 | 48/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 8 | 34/M | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 9 | 72/F | AA | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 10 | 42/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 11 | 42/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 12 | 68/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 13 | 37/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 14 | 45/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 15 | 46/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 16 | 38/M | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 17 | 33/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 18 | 26/M | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 19 | 55/F | AA | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 20 | 31/M | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 21 | 42/M | C | Lung | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 22 | 42/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 23 | 38/M | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 24 | 54/F | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 25 | 78/M | C | Mediastinum | Sarcoidosis | Yes |
| 26 | 33/M | AA | Lung | Hodgkin’s disease | No |
| 27 | 70/F | C | Lung | Histoplasmosis | Yes |
| 28 | 73/M | C | Mediastinum | Mesothelioma | No |
| 29 | 56/F | C | Mediastinum | Adenocarcinoma | No |
| 30 | 24/M | C | Lung | Cryptococcus | Yes |
| 31 | 75/M | C | Lung | Renal cell cancer | No |
| 32 | 32/M | AA | Mediastinum | Coccidiomycosis | Yes |
| 33 | 41/F | C | Mediastinum | Breast cancer | No |
| 34 | 74/F | C | Mediastinum | Adenocarcinoma | No |
| 35 | 72/F | C | Mediastinum | Large-cell cancer | No |
| 36 | 77/M | C | Mediastinum | Large-cell cancer | No |
| 37 | 72/M | AA | Mediastinum | Large-cell cancer | Yes |
| 38 | 78/F | C | Mediastinum | Adenocarcinoma | No |
| 39 | 72/M | C | Mediastinum | Squamous cell cancer | No |
| 40 | 52/F | AA | Mediastinum | Adenocarcinoma | Yes |
| 41 | 52/F | C | Mediastinum | Breast cancer | Yes |
| 42 | 73/M | C | Mediastinum | Adenocarcinoma | Yes |
| 43 | 18/M | AA | Mediastinum | Histoplasmosis | No |
| 44 | 47/M | C | Mediastinum | Hodgkin’s lymphoma | No |
| 45 | 74/M | C | Mediastinum | Large-cell lymphoma | No |
| 46 | 76/M | C | Mediastinum | Adenocarcinoma | No |
| 47 | 75/M | C | Mediastinum | Small-cell cancer | No |
| 48 | 60/M | C | Mediastinum | Adenocarcinoma | No |
| 49 | 73/M | C | Mediastinum | Adenocarcinoma | No |
| 50 | 85/M | C | Mediastinum | Lymphoma | No |
| 51 | 40/M | AA | Ileum | Tuberculosis | No |
aF, female, M, male; C, Caucasian; AA, African-American.
