False-positive results of PCR testing for Lyme disease [1]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 412-413

  Molloy, Philip J ^a   Persing, David H ^a   Berardi, Victor P ^a  

^a IMUGEN Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0034914783     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321911     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Death from inappropriate therapy for Lyme disease
2. Laboratory evaluation in the diagnosis of Lyme disease
3. Pitfalls in the diagnosis and management of Lyme disease
4. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA by polymerase chain reaction in synovial fluid from patients with Lyme arthritis
5. Amplification product contamination control