Molecular characterisation of the synovial fluid microbiome in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy control subjects

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The colonisation of specific body sites in contact with the external environment by microorganisms is both well-described and universally accepted, whereas, the existence of microbial evidence in other "classically sterile" locations including the blood, synovial space, and lungs, is a relatively new concept.Increasingly, a role for the microbiome in disease is being considered, and it is therefore necessary to...

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