Lack of evidence for Nocardia asteroides in brain specimens from Lewy body-containing disorders

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 205-211

  Lu, Lin ^a,c   Camp, Dianne M ^a   Loeffler, David A ^a   LeWitt, Peter A ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dementia with Lewy Bodies; In situ hybridization; Nocardia; Parkinson's disease; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEWY BODY; MONKEY; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MACACA FASCICULARIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES;

EID: 27844568483     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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