Intra-articular co-infection by Borrelia burgdorferi and Chlamydia trachomatis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 632-634

  Putschky, N ^a   Schnarr, S ^a   Wollenhaupt, J ^b   Zeidler, H ^a   Kuipers, J G ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Allgemeines Krankenhaus Eilbek   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SUPERINFECTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0034997779     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.6.632     Document Type: Article

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