Diagnostic value of PCR for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in skin biopsy and urine samples from patients with skin borreliosis.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on September 01, 1998

Authors

S Brettschneider1, H Bruckbauer, N Klugbauer, H Hofmann

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1: Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie am Biederstein, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.

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