K. Wolbart

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., Kamradt, T., Wolbart, K., Rittig, M., Krause, A.

OBJECTIVES—To identify possible sites of bacterial persistence in patients with treatment resistant Lyme arthritis. It was determined whether Borrelia burgdorferi DNA may be detectable by...