Molecular diagnosis of Ureaplasma urealyticum in an immunocompetent patient with destructive reactive polyarthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2084-2089

  Vittecoq, Olivier ^a   Schaeverbeke, Thierry ^b   Favre, Sylvie ^a   Daragon, Alain ^a   Biga, Norman ^a   Cambon Michot, Chantal ^a   Bébéar, Christiane ^b   Le Loët, Xavier ^a,c  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c Dept de Médecine Interne Ctr Hosp Univ Rouen Boisguillaume   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KNEE JOINT; METHOTREXATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0030816891     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780401122     Document Type: Article

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