Infection and temporal arteritis: A PCR-based study to detect pathogens in temporal artery biopsy specimens

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 501-505

  Cooper, Robert J ^a,b   D'Arcy, Stuart ^a   Kirby, Maura ^a   Al Buhtori, Marwan ^a   Rahman, Mohammad J ^a   Proctor, Laura ^a   Bonshek, Richard E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Giant cell arteritis; Herpes; Parvovirus B19

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; PARVOVIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 38849154273     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21092     Document Type: Article

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