Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Joseph E. Rotsinger

Publications

• Review Article
  Sarcoidosis: Unknown Etiology and Genetic Predisposition Provides Therapeutic Challenges
  Author(s): Joseph E. Rotsinger and Wonder P. DrakeJoseph E. Rotsinger and Wonder P. Drake
  
  Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic multisystem disorder characterized by noncaseating epithelioid granulomas predominately affecting lungs and lymph nodes, but with potential to affect any organ system. Sarcoidosis shares similarities in development to other infectious granulomatous diseases, such as berylliosis and tuberculosis; however, its elusive etiology and non-distinctive histology have provided many diagnostic challenges. Evidence of a transferrable antigen combined with a high incidence rate in the lungs has focused efforts primarily on antigens with airborne transmissibility. While Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Propioni bacterium acnes have provided strong associations to implicate each as a contributor to sarcoidosis.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000190

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