Avtor/Urednik		Terčelj, Marjeta; Salobir, Barbara; Rylander, Ragnar
Naslov		Microbial antigen treatment in sarcoidosis - A new paradigm?
Tip		članek
Vir		Med Hypotheses
Vol. in št.		Letnik 70, št. 4
Leto izdaje		2008
Obseg		str. 831-4
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Increasing evidence suggests that the risk for sarcoidosis is related to exposure to microbes, particularly molds. Microbial cell wall agents, even in the absence of clinical infection, could cause a late hypersensitivity reaction leading to the formation of granulomas. A few interventions studies using antimicrobial treatment demonstrate improvement in sarcoidosis. It is suggested that diagnostic tools for the presence of microbes are used in patients with sarcoidosis and that antimicrobial treatment is considered in cases resistant to corticosteroids.
Deskriptorji		SARCOIDOSIS MYCOSES ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS