Diagnosis and therapy monitoring of Whipple's arthritis by polymerase chain reaction [4]

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1427-1428

  Bruhlmann P ^a   Michel, B A ^a   Altwegg, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROSCOPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIUM; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0034516927     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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