Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in the urine of treated patients with chronic Lyme disease symptoms. A PCR study of 97 cases

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 347-353

  Bayer, M E ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Bayer, M H ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM; TICK BITE; URINALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029962660     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01716077     Document Type: Article

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