Correlation of Culture Positivity, PCR Positivity, and Burden of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Skin Samples of Erythema Migrans Patients with Clinical Findings

BACKGROUND: Limited data are available regarding the relationship of Borrelia burden in skin of patients with erythema migrans (EM) and the disease course and post-treatment outcome. METHODS: We studied 121 adult patients with EM in whom skin biopsy specimens were cultured and analyzed by quantitati...

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Autores principales: Stupica, Daša, Lusa, Lara, Maraspin, Vera, Bogovič, Petra, Vidmar, Darja, O’Rourke, Maria, Traweger, Andreas, Livey, Ian, Strle, Franc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26352832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136600

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