Detection of chlamydial DNA in the inflamed sacroiliac joint of a patient with multiple infections

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-197

  Rihl, Markus ^a,b   Wagner, Annette D ^a   Bakhsh, Katrin Achilles Mehr ^a   Rosenthal, Herbert ^b   Bernateck, Michael ^b   Köhler, Lars ^c   Zeidler, Henning ^d  

^a Department of Clinic for Immunology and Rheumatology ^*  (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Rheumatologische Praxis   (Germany)

^d Rheumatologikum Hannover   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE; DICLOFENAC; ETORICOXIB; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 67650863110     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181a7a9c3     Document Type: Article

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