Failure to detect Bartonella henselae infection in synovial fluid from sufferers of chronic arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 219-222

  Dillon, B ^a   Cagney, M ^a   Manolios, N ^a   Iredell, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Bartonella henselae; Infection; Persistence; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD DONOR; CAT; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033771929     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006854     Document Type: Article

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