Article
Genotypic characterization of seven strains of Mycoplasma fermentans isolated from synovial fluids of patients with arthritis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 1998
Schaeverbeke T, Clerc M, Lequen L, Charron A, Bébéar C, de Barbeyrac B, Bannwarth B, Dehais J, Bébéar C
Abstract excerpt
We performed a genotypic characterization of seven strains of Mycoplasma fermentans which have been isolated from the synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 2), spondyloarthropathy (n = 1), and unclassified arthritis (n = 4). We compared them to three reference strains (strains...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Arthritis
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mycoplasma fermentans
- Phylogeny
- Synovial Fluid