Invasion of the Central Nervous System by Borrelia burgdorferi in Acute Disseminated Infection

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 267, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1364-1367

  Luft, Benjamin J ^a   Steinman, Charles R ^a   Neimark, Harold C ^b   Muralidhar, Bethi ^a   Rush, Thomas ^c   Finkel, Michael F ^d   Kunkel, Mark ^e   Dattwyler, Raymond J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Phelps Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d Midelfort Clinic   (United States)

^e Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEURITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TECHNIQUE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026584672     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03480100070033     Document Type: Article

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