Tropheryma whippelii DNA in saliva of patients without Whipple's disease

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 219-222

  Dutly, F ^a   Hinrikson, H P ^a   Seidel, T ^b   Morgenegg, S ^a   Altwegg, M ^a   Bauerfeind, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b School of Dental Hygiene   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carriage; PCR; Specificity; Subtypes; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STOMACH JUICE; TOOTH PLAQUE; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACTINOBACTERIA; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0033859552     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100070039     Document Type: Article

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