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Rickettsial Genesis to Sarcoidosis in Denmark

NCT00326534 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2009-03-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

One study has suggested a connection between an infection with Rickettsia species and sarcoidosis finding molecular evidence of rickettsial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in two patients. Another study found no antibodies in twenty Swedish patients with sarcoidosis.

This study will further enhance the subject by three different approaches in Danish patients.

The purpose of this study is to find serological and molecular evidence of an infection with Rickettsia species in Danish patients with sarcoidosis.

Conditions

  • Sarcoidosis
  • Rickettsia Infections

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bispebjerg Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Civilingeniør Johs. E. Ormstrup og Hustru Grete Ormstrups Fond

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Statens Serum Institut

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claus B Svendsen, MD · Statens Serum Institut

  • Nils Milman, MD · Rigshospitalet, Denmark

  • Karen A Krogfelt, PhD · Statens Serum Institut

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

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