Detection of mycobacteria in joint samples from patients with arthritis using a genus-specific polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis

Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 547-553

  Van Der Heijden, I M ^a   Wilbrink, B ^a,b   Schouls, L M ^b   Van Embden, J D A ^b   Breedveld, F C ^a   Tak, P P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene PCR; Arthritis; Diagnosis; Mycobacterium marinum; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sequence analysis; Seronegative spondyloarthropathies; Undifferentiated arthritis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0032726222     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.547     Document Type: Article

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