Molecular diagnosis of a bilateral panuveitis due to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by cerebral spinal fluid analysis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 214-215

  Wallet, Frédéric ^a   Labalette, Pierre ^b   Herwegh, Stéphanie ^a   Loïez, Caroline ^a   Margaron, Fabrice ^b   Courcol, René J ^a  

^a Lab de Bacteriologie Hygiene   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; FLAGELLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UVEITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UVEITIS;

EID: 45849128369     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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