Molecular and serological diagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi infection among patients with diagnosed erythema migrans

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-213

  Kondrusik, Maciej ^a   Grygorczuk, Sambor ^a   Skotarczak, Bogumiła ^b   Wodecka, Beata ^b   Rymaszewska, Anna ^b   Pancewicz, Sławomir ^a   Zajkowska, Joanna ^a   Świerzbińska, Renata ^a   Hermanowska Szpakowicz, Teresa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borreliosis; ELISA; Erythema migrans; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 39649084457     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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