Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis-DNA in synovial fluid: Evaluation of the sensitivity of different DNA extraction methods and amplification systems

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Freise, Julia ^a   Bernau, Iris ^b   Meier, Sabine ^a   Zeidler, Henning ^c   Kuipers, Jens G ^d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Diako Hospital   (Germany)

^c Rheumatologikum Hannover   (Germany)

^d Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LYSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 77952534592     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar2864     Document Type: Article

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