The detection of DNA from a range of bacterial species in the joints of patients with a variety of arthritides using a nested, broad-range polymerase chain reaction

Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 260-266

  Wilkinson, N Z ^d   Kingsley, G H ^a   Jones, H W ^b   Sieper, J ^c   Braun, J ^c   Ward, M E ^d  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Polymerase chain reaction; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spondylarthritides; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BORDETELLA; DNA DETERMINATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RNA GENE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; YERSINIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; BORDETELLA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; YERSINIA;

EID: 0032725583     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.3.260     Document Type: Article

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