Correlation of seroreactivity with response to antibiotics in pediatric Lyme borreliosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-88

  Fawcett, Paul T ^a,b,e   Rosé, Carlos D ^b,c   Gibney, Kathleen M ^d   Doughty, Robert A ^b,e  

^a Department of Clinical Science   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

^d Immunology Research Programs   (United States)

^e NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031041918     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.1.85-88.1997     Document Type: Article

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