Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi genotypes in patients with Lyme arthritis: High frequency of ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer type 1 strains in antibiotic-refractory arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2174-2182

  Jones, Kathryn L ^a   McHugh, Gail A ^a   Glickstein, Lisa J ^a   Steere, Allen C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650070750     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24812     Document Type: Article

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