Examination of specific DNA by PCR in patients with different forms of Lyme borreliosis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1004-1010

  Pícha, Dušan ^a,b,c   Moravcová, Lenka ^a,b   Holečková, Daniela ^a,b   Žd'árský, Emanuel ^a,b   Valešová, Marie ^a,b   Marešová, Vilma ^a,b   Hercogová, Jana ^a,b   Vanousová, Daniela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Clinic for Infectious Diseases Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA 16S; FLAGELLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URINALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 54749142912     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03709.x     Document Type: Article

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