Evidence for disseminated Mycoplasma fermentans in New Jersey residents with antecedent tick attachment and subsequent musculoskeletal symptoms

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-87

  Eskow, Eugene ^a   Adelson, Martin E ^c   Rao, Raja Venkitesh S ^c   Mordechai, Eli ^b,c  

^a Hunterdon Medical Center   (United States)

^b Vector Borne Dis Res Inst LLC   (United States)

^c Medical Diagnostic Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Borrelia burgdorferi; Levofloxacin; Lyme disease; Mycoplasma fermentans

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK BITE;

EID: 0037998273     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RHU.0000062510.04724.07     Document Type: Article

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