Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi by polymerase chain reaction in synovial membrane, but not in synovial fluid from patients with persisting Lyme arthritis after antibiotic therapy.

Priem, S; Burmester, G R; Kamradt, T; Wolbart, K; Rittig, M G; Krause, A

Priem, S; Burmester, G R; Kamradt, T; Wolbart, K; Rittig, M G; Krause, A.

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Priem S; Charité University Hospital, Department of Medicine III, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin, Germany.

Ann Rheum Dis ; 57(2): 118-21, 1998 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9613343

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Borrelia burgdorferi Group/isolation & purification; Lyme Disease/microbiology; Synovial Membrane/microbiology; Adult; DNA, Bacterial/analysis; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Female; Humans; Lyme Disease/drug therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Synovial Fluid/microbiology

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Synovial Membrane / Lyme Disease / Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Anti-Bacterial Agents Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Ann Rheum Dis Year: 1998 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Germany Country of publication: United kingdom

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