title: Next-Generation Molecular Diagnostics Provide Evidence Suggestive of a Role for Nontraditional Bacterial Pathogens in Osteoarthritis of the Knee.
authors.affiliation: 1 Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|2 Center for Genomic Sciences and Center for Advanced Microbial Processing, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|3 Core Genomics Facility, Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.|4 Meta-omics Core Facility, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Garth D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D057089:Pathology, Molecular / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods