Molecular detection of bacterial DNA in venereal-associated arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 950-958

  Li, Feng ^a   Bulbul, Rula ^b   Schumacher Jr , H Ralph ^a   Kieber Emmons, Thomas ^b   Callegari, Peter E ^b   Von Feldt, Joan M ^b   Norden, Daniel ^b   Freundlich, Bruce ^c   Wang, Bin ^b   Imonitie, Victor ^d   Chang, Cheng Pei ^d   Nachamkin, Irving ^b   Weiner, David B ^b   Williams, William V ^e  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE FLUID; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; REITER SYNDROME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UREAPLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 15844402491     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390612     Document Type: Article

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