Evaluation of an internally controlled real-time PCR targeting the ospA gene for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in cerebrospinal fluid

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 894-900

  Gooskens, J ^a   Templeton, K E ^a   Claas, E C ^a   van Dam, A P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Cerebrospinal fluid; Detection; Lyme neuroborreliosis; ospA gene; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 33746601434     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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