Identification of neisseria gonorrhoeae in synovial fluid using the polymerase chain reaction

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 702-709

  Liebling, Michael R ^a   Arkfeld, Daniel G ^a   Michelini, Giulia A ^a   Nishio, Midori J ^a   Eng, Bett J ^a   Jin, Tian ^a   Louie, James S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REITER SYNDROME; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REITER SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0028207320     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780370514     Document Type: Article

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