|
Patient
|
PCR intensity scorea
|
Total number of clones sequenced
|
Number of obtained bacterial DNA sequences
|
|---|
|
ReA
| | | |
|
1
|
++++
|
47
|
38
|
|
2
|
+++
|
96
|
36
|
|
3
|
+++
|
84
|
50
|
|
4
|
+++
|
104
|
48
|
|
5
|
+++
|
34
|
26
|
|
6
|
++++
|
24
|
24
|
|
UA
| | | |
|
7
|
++
|
105
|
48
|
|
8
|
++
|
114
|
41
|
|
9
|
++
|
72
|
42
|
|
10
|
++
|
75
|
25
|
|
11
|
++
|
96
|
46
|
|
12
|
++
|
74
|
34
|
|
13
|
++
|
118
|
42
|
|
14
|
++
|
60
|
28
|
|
15
|
++
|
101
|
49
|
|
RA
| | | |
|
16
|
++
|
48
|
40
|
|
17
|
+
|
96
|
35
|
|
18
|
+
|
48
|
11
|
|
OA
| | | |
|
19
|
+
|
48
|
31
|
|
20
|
+
|
72
|
18
|
|
21
|
+
|
48
|
5
|
- aSemi-quantification of intensity of the 16S rDNA amplification products, visualized using ethidium bromide staining after agarose gel electrophoresis: '+' indicates barely visible band, and '++++' indicates maximal intensity. OA, osteoarthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; ReA, reactive arthritis; UA, undifferentiated arthritis.
