Erythema migrans
Doxycycline induced photosensitivity in patients treated for erythema migrans
... Overall, 16/858 (1.9, 95% CI 1.1–3.0%) patients reported photosensitivity reactions: 0/108 (0, 95% CI 0– 3.4%), 8/488 (1.6, 95% CI 0.7–3.2%), and 8/262 (3.1, 95% CI 1.3–5.9%) of those who received doxycycline for 10, 14 ...
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Ability to cause erythema migrans differs between Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates
... Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infec- tious disease in North America and in countries with moderate climates in Eurasia. Lyme borreliosis is caused by several members of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu ...
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Investigation of <em>Borrelia burgdorferi</em> genotypes in Australia obtained from erythema migrans tissue
... likely to be successful when the specimen is taken from the central bite site than when taken from the leading edge in early lesions. This contradicts convention, the standard long-held practice of biopsy from the ...
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Diagnosis of early Lyme disease by polymerase chain reaction amplification and culture of skin biopsies from erythema migrans lesions
... Diagnosis of Early Lyme Disease by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification and Culture of Skin Biopsies from Erythema Migrans Lesions IRA SCHWARTZ,`* GARY P.. SCHWARTZ,1 DENISE COOPER,2 [r] ...
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Efficacy and safety of pharmacological agents in the treatment of erythema migrans in early Lyme borreliosis—systematic review protocol
... as erythema migrans (EM, also known as erythema chronicum migrans), borrelial lymphocytoma), early disseminated (multiple erythemata migrantia (MEM), early neuroborreliosis, Lyme carditis) and ...
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Occurrence of erythema migrans in children with Lyme neuroborreliosis and the association with clinical characteristics and outcome – a prospective cohort study
... Background: Erythema migrans (EM) is the most common manifestation of Lyme borreliosis (LB), caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The infection can disseminate into the nervous system ...
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Characterization of Lyme Borreliosis Isolates from Patients with Erythema Migrans and Neuroborreliosis in Southern Sweden
... Southern Sweden is an area of Lyme borreliosis (LB) endemicity, with an incidence of 69 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The most frequent clinical manifestations are erythema migrans (77%) and ...
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Evolution of the serologic response to Borrelia burgdorferi in treated patients with culture confirmed erythema migrans
... firmed erythema migrans (EM) in a comparison of four com- mercial immunoassays and found that an IgM immunofluores- cence assay has the highest sensitivity, but the results of an evaluation of an IgM IB kit ...
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Supervised Visual System for Recognition of Erythema Migrans, an Early Skin Manifestation of Lyme Borreliosis
... In this article, a supervised visual system for recognition of erythema migrans is presented. The article is divided into several sections. The first section describes the use and composition of the system, ...
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Quantitative Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in 2 Millimeter Skin Samples of Erythema Migrans Lesions: Correlation of Results with Clinical and Laboratory Findings
... with erythema migrans with regard to the number of Borrelia burgdorferi organisms detected by quantitative PCR (qPCR) in 2-mm skin biopsy ...the erythema migrans skin lesion (P ⴝ ...
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Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi specific DNA in urine specimens from patients with erythema migrans before and after antibiotic therapy
... Erythema migrans (EM), a typical skin lesion, is the first clinical sign of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in most pa- tients after a tick bite. This clinical symptom is usually suffi- cient for ...
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Serodiagnosis of erythema migrans and acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans by the Borrelia burgdorferi flagellum enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
... The results are often not comparable for several reasons: i unequal selection or lack of classification of patients according to the type of manifestation and disease duration; ii combin[r] ...
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Early Lyme Disease: A Flu-Like Illness Without Erythema Migrans
... We identified three medical practices in Connecticut in which Lyme disease is hyperendemic (Pequot Clinic, Groton, CT; Wild- wood Pediatrics, Essex, CT; Pediatric Associates, Marlborough[r] ...
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Serological follow up after treatment of patients with erythema migrans and neuroborreliosis
... To investigate the duration and kinetics of immunoglobulin M IgM and IgG antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi in serum after treatment of Lyme borreliosis, consecutive serum samples f[r] ...
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Rabbit model of Lyme borreliosis: erythema migrans, infection derived immunity, and identification of Borrelia burgdorferi proteins associated with virulence and protective immunity
... The three rabbits initially infected with 4 X 103, 4 X 104, or 4 X 107 B31 passage 47 exhibited the least protection against challenge, inasmuch as skin biopsy cultures were positive at [r] ...
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Comparison of four immunoserologic assays for detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with culture positive erythema migrans
... Twenty-two of the thirty positive and equivocal patient sera reacted with the 22- and/or 39-kDa antigens, indicating that there is an early immune response to these antigens and that ant[r] ...
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Schiller, Eva Barbara (2002): Lyme-Borreliose im Krankengut der Kinderklinik Rosenheim von Mai 1996 bis April 1998 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung serologischer Aspekte. Dissertation, LMU München: Medizinische Fakultät
... einem Erythema migrans und vermutete bereits den Zu- sammenhang mit einem ...und Erythema migrans auftrat, von Garin und Bujadoux 1922 [57] ...gegangenen Erythema migrans ...
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Baumann, Gudrun (2004): Seroepidemiologische Untersuchungen zur Lyme-Borreliose in Süddeutschland 1991-93. Dissertation, LMU München: Medizinische Fakultät
... 21-56% Erythema migrans, 14-49% Neuro- lyme-Borreliose Stadium II, 5-15% Lyme-Arthritis und 5-15% Acrodermatitis chroni- ca atrophicans festgestellt ...
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Linear B Cell Epitopes Derived from the Multifunctional Surface Lipoprotein BBK32 as Targets for the Serodiagnosis of Lyme Disease
... (erythema migrans [EM ⫹ ]), Lyme arthritis, healthy controls from patients living in regions not endemic or endemic for Lyme disease (nonendemic normal and endemic normal, respectively), patients with ...
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Commercial test kits for detection of Lyme borreliosis: a meta-analysis of test accuracy
... Lyme borreliosis (LB) is an arthropod-borne zoonosis caused by several species of Borrelia bacteria. It can present with a wide range of symptoms, which are common to a number of other diseases. Soon after infection, the ...
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