Detection of Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii and group VS116 by PCR in skin biopsies of patients with erythema migrans and acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-116

  Rijpkema, Sjoerd G T ^a   Tazelaar, Dig J ^b   Molkenboer, Marc J C H ^a   Noordhoek, Gerda T ^c   Plantinga, Grietsje ^c   Schouls, Leo M ^a   Schellekens, Joop F P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b De Tjongerschans Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service of Northern Friesland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; Borrelia afzelii; Erythema migrans; Group VS116; PCR; Skin biopsies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANETODERMA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 0030974845     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00259.x     Document Type: Article

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