Detection of bacterial DNA in joint samples from patients with undifferentiated arthritis and reactive arthritis, using polymerase chain reaction with universal 16S ribosomal RNA primers

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 535-543

  Wilbrink, Bert ^a,b   Van Der Heijden, Ineke M ^a   Schouls, Leo M ^b   Van Embden, Jan D A ^b   Hazes, Johanna M W ^a   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Tak, Paul P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNOVIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031884398     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199803)41:3<535::AID-ART20>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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