Borrelia burgdorferi tissue morphologies and imaging methodologies

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1077-1082

  MacDonald, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOCUS FLOATING MICROSCOPY; GIEMSA STAIN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYME DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SILVER STAINING;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYME DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 84880278384     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1853-5     Document Type: Article

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