Chronic fatigue syndrome patients subsequently diagnosed with lyme disease borrelia burgdorferi: Evidence for mycoplasma species coinfections

Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 5-17

  Nicolson, Garth L ^a   Nicolson, Nancy L ^a,c   Haier, Joerg ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Institute for Molecular Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Chronic; Fatigue syndrome; Lyme disease; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 67650339823     PISSN: 10573321     EISSN: 15470660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573320802091809     Document Type: Article

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