Routine diagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) infections using a real-time PCR assay

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 461-469

  Schwaiger, M ^a   Peter O ^b   Cassinotti, P ^a  

^a Institute for Clinical Microbiology and Immunology   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Quantitative PCR; Real time PCR; Routine diagnosis; Synovial fluid; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN; PRIMER DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 0035467621     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743X.2001.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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