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

<h4>Methods</h4>The presence and identity of bacterial and fungal DNA in the synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and healthy control subjects was investigated through amplification and sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene and fungal internal transcribed spacer regio...

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Main Authors: Dargham Bayan Mohsen Hammad, Veranja Liyanapathirana, Daniel Paul Tonge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225110