A two year prospective study to compare culture and polymerase chain reaction amplification for the detection and diagnosis of lyme borreliosis

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 186-193

  Picken, M M ^a,b   Picken, R N ^b   Han, D ^b   Cheng, Y ^b   Ruzic Sabljic, E ^d   Cimperman, J ^c   Maraspin, V ^c   Lotric Furlan, S ^c   Strle, F ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Culture isolation; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0030700783     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.50.4.186     Document Type: Article

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