Lack of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in synovial samples from patients with antibiotic treatment-resistant Lyme arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2705-2709

  Carlson, David ^a   Hernandez, Jesus ^a   Bloom, Bradley J ^a   Coburn, Jenifer ^a   Aversa, John M ^b   Steere, Allen C ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New Haven Orthopedic Surgeons   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFALEXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033511725     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199912)42:12<2705::AID-ANR29>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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