Comparison of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains isolated from specimens obtained simultaneously from two different sites of infection in individual patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2194-2200

  Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^a   Arnež, Maja ^b   Logar, Mateja ^b   Maraspin, Vera ^b   Lotrič Furlan, Stanka ^b   Cimperman, Jože ^b   Strle, Franc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SLOVENIA;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 18544371822     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2194-2200.2005     Document Type: Article

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