First detection and molecular identification of Borrelia garinii isolated from human skin in Taiwan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-257

  Chao, Li Lian ^a   Chen, Yi Ju ^b   Shih, Chien Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPIROCHETE; TAIWAN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 76049129635     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.016626-0     Document Type: Letter

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