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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2015 Lyme disease is a common disease that uncommonly affects the heart. Because of the rarity of this diagnosis and the frequent absence of other concurrent clinical manifestations of early Lyme disease, consideration of Lyme carditis demands a high level of suspicion when patients in endemic areas come to attention with cardiovascular symptoms and ...
Hugh Calkins, Fhrs, Michael T Melia
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Indian Heart Journal, 2014 Lyme carditis is a known cause of atrioventricular block and in most cases, atrioventricular block is reversible with appropriate antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis can be challenging if the disease is either not suspected, or if the initial cutaneous ...
Jayaprakash Shenthar, Dm
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Fiebre reumática aguda: 15 años de experiencia en un centro de salud de un país de ingresos medios en Latinoamérica [PDF]
Archivos de Cardiología de MéxicoObjetivo: La fiebre reumática aguda (FRA) es la principal causa de enfermedad cardiaca adquirida en niños y adultos jóvenes en países en desarrollo. El objetivo es el de describir la presentación clínica y epidemiológica de pacientes menores de 18 años ...
Diego Araiza-Garaygordobil +4 more
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Borrelia mayonii induces carditis but not arthritis in Lyme-susceptible mice [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyBackgroundBorrelia mayonii, a Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl) genospecies, is a cause of Lyme disease in the upper midwestern United States. B.
Dawn W. Cleveland +5 more
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Association Between Serum 25(OH)-Vitamin D and Heart Involvement in a Single-Centre Cohort of Children with Acute Rheumatic Fever During the Years 2004–2024 [PDF]
BiomedicinesBackground: An aberrant immune response against Streptococcus pyogenes combined with yet-unraveled genetic inference can induce acute rheumatic fever (ARF), but factors determining the specific development of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are obscure ...
Donato Rigante +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundLyme carditis, defined as direct infection of cardiac tissue by Borrelia bacteria, affects up to 10% of patients with Lyme disease. The most frequently reported clinical manifestation of Lyme carditis is cardiac conduction system disease.
Uwajachukwumma A Uzomah +9 more
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Borrelia burgdorferi Strain-Specific Differences in Mouse Infectivity and Pathology [PDF]
PathogensLyme disease (LD), caused by infection with the tick-borne bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, is associated with a wide array of symptoms in human patients.
Annabelle Pfeifle +14 more
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Preliminary Cardiac Experience With Hydroxychloroquine in New Zealand Children With Acute Rheumatic Fever [PDF]
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular DiseaseRachel Webb +14 more
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