Percent positive rate of Lyme real-time polymerase chain reaction in blood, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, and tissue

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-466

  Babady, Ngolela Esther ^a   Sloan, Lynne M ^a   Vetter, Emily A ^a   Patel, Robin ^a   Binnicker, Matthew J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Cerebrospinal fluid; Lyme; PCR; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 56049094297     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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