Three species of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (B, burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, B. afzelii, and B. garinii) identified from cerebrospinal fluid isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1072-1078

  Busch, Ulrich ^a   Hizo Teufel, Cecilia ^a   Boehmer, Reinhard ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^a   Nitschko, Hans ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^a   Preac Mursic, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029963104     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1072-1078.1996     Document Type: Article

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