Nested polymerase chain reaction strategy simultaneously targeting DNA sequences of multiple bacterial species in inflammatory joint diseases. II. Examination of sacroiliac and knee joint biopsies of patients with spondyloarthropathies and other arthritides

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1101-1105

  Braun, Jürgen ^a,b   Tuszewski, Martin ^a   Ehlers, Stefan ^a   Häberle, Joachim ^b   Bollow, Matthias ^b   Eggens, Ulrich ^a   Distler, Armin ^a   Sieper, Jochen ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial DNA; Knee biopsy; Reactive arthritis; Sacroiliac biopsy; Spondyloarthropathy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BORRELIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACROILIAC JOINT; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0030923684     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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