Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in endomyocardial biopsy specimens in individuals with recent-onset dilated cardiomyopathy

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 588-596

  Kubánek, Miloš ^a   Šramko, Marek ^a   Berenová, Dagmar ^b   Hulínská, Dagmar ^b   Hrbáčková, Hana ^b   Maluśkovač, Jana ^a   Lodererová, Alena ^a   Málek, Ivan ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Endomyocardial biopsy; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU LATO; BORRELIA GARINII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861560337     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs027     Document Type: Article

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