Target Imbalance: Disparity of Borrelia burgdorferi Genetic Material in Synovial Fluid from Lyme Arthritis Patients
Persing D, Rutledge B, Rys P, Podzorski D, Mitchell P, Ree K, Liu B, Fikrig E, Malawista S. Target Imbalance: Disparity of Borrelia burgdorferi Genetic Material in Synovial Fluid from Lyme Arthritis Patients. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1994, 169: 668-672. PMID: 8158048, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/169.3.668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLyme arthritisClinical specimensLyme arthritis patientsUnderlying pathogenetic mechanismsPolymerase chain reaction studiesSynovial fluid specimensB. burgdorferi infectionArthritis patientsSynovial inflammationPathogenetic mechanismsBurgdorferi infectionPhysiologic imbalanceSynovial fluidFluid specimensEtiologic agentLate manifestationLyme diseaseCultured organismsBorrelia burgdorferiArthritisPatientsDNA reactivityAnalytic sensitivity