Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Synovial Fluid from Patients with Lyme Arthritis

Lyme disease is caused by the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi 1 . Weeks to months after the onset of disease, approximately 60 percent of untreated patients begin to have brief, intermittent attacks of arthritis that may recur for several years 2 . A small percentage of these patients hav...

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