Identification of nanobacteria in human arthritic synovial fluid by method validated in human blood and urine using 200 nm model nanoparticles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3324-3328

  Tsurumoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Zhu, D A N ^b   Sommer, Andrei P ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; HUMAN BLOODS; HUMAN EXCRETA; IDENTIFICATION METHODS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID DROPS; NANOAEROSOLS; RAPID DETECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYNOVIAL FLUIDS; WATER DROPS;

BIOSENSORS; BLOOD; DROPS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IRRIGATION; NANOPARTICLES; WATER INJECTION; WATER SUPPLY;

FLUIDS;

NANOPARTICLE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRRIGATION; SENSOR;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSENSOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LABORATORY TEST; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URINE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CALCIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSTYRENES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URINE;

EID: 52049116519     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702857s     Document Type: Article

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