Detection of Borrelia-DNA in urine by polymerase chain reaction in rheumatologic laboratory diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis;Nachweis von borrelien-DNA im urin mittels polymerase-kettenreaktion in der rheumatologischen labordiagnostik der lyme-borreliose

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-88

  Schnarr, S ^a   Hopf, S ^a   Zeidler, H ^a   Hammer, M ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Nordwestdeutsches Rheumazentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031780109     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003930050064     Document Type: Article

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