Role of mycoplasmal infections in fatigue illnesses: Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndromes, gulf war illness and rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 23-39

  Nicolson, Garth L ^a   Franco, A R ^b   Nasralla, Marwan Y ^a   De Meirleir, Kenny ^c   Ngwenya, R ^a,d   Haier, Joerg ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Arthritis Center of Riverside   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d Nancy L Nicolson PhD   (United States)

^e James Mobb Immune Enhancement   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Fibromyalgia; Gulf War syndrome; Mycoplasma; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033795060     PISSN: 10573321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J092v06n03_03     Document Type: Review

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