Development and evaluation of a broad-range PCR-ELISA assay with Borrelia burgdorferi and Streptococcus pneumoniae as model organisms for reactive arthritis and bacterial meningitis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-88

  Fischer Romero, Carmen ^a   Lüthy Hottenstein, Jacqueline ^a   Altwegg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Broad range PCR ELISA; Meningitis; Reactive arthritis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0342980876     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00138-4     Document Type: Article

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