Long term and repeated electron microscopy and PCR detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato after an antibiotic treatment

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-11

  Honegr, K ^a   Hulinska D ^b   Beran, J ^a   Dostal V ^a   Havlasova J ^a   Cermakova Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Immunoelectron microscopy (IEM); Persistence; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Therapy

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542573718     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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