Treatment of sarcoidosis.

Not all patients who have sarcoidosis require treatment. For those who require treatment, the outcome of sarcoidosis can be considered conceptually in three broad, and at least partially overlapping, groupings: acute, chronic, and refractory. Although corticosteroids remain the initial drug for most patients who require therapy, several steroid-sparing alternatives have been found effective in treating many aspects of sarcoidosis.

Quantitative analysis of mycobacterial and propionibacterial DNA in lymph nodes of Japanese and European patients with sarcoidosis.

The cause(s) of sarcoidosis is unknown. Mycobacterium spp. are suspected in Europe and Propionibacterium spp.