Erythema Migrans: Course and Outcome in Patients Treated With Rituximab. [PDF]
Background Information on Lyme borreliosis (LB) in patients treated with rituximab is limited to individual case reports. Methods We reviewed data on adult patients diagnosed with typical erythema migrans (EM) at the LB outpatient clinic of the ...
Maraspin V+4 more
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Objective: Promptly treated erythema migrans (EM) has good prognosis. However, some patients report persistent symptoms. Do patients with EM have more symptoms than the general population?
Knut Eirik Eliassen+4 more
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No molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in the blood of patients with erythema migrans in Belgium. [PDF]
Background A number of tick-borne pathogens circulate in the Belgian tick population in addition to the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis. However, so far, only a few patients with tick-borne diseases other than Lyme borreliosis have been reported in ...
Geebelen L+8 more
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Single-cell immunophenotyping of the skin lesion erythema migrans identifies IgM memory B cells. [PDF]
The skin lesion erythema migrans (EM) is an initial sign of the Ixodes tick–transmitted Borreliella spirochetal infection known as Lyme disease. T cells and innate immune cells have previously been shown to predominate the EM lesion and promote the ...
Jiang R+11 more
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Course and Outcome of Erythema Migrans in Pregnant Women. [PDF]
Information on Lyme borreliosis (LB) during pregnancy is limited. In the present study, the course and outcome of erythema migrans (EM) in 304 pregnant women, diagnosed in the period 1990–2015, was assessed and compared with that in age-matched non ...
Maraspin V+5 more
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Patients with Erythema Migrans: Characterizing the Impact of Initiation of Antibiotic Therapy Prior to Study Enrollment. [PDF]
Wormser GP+6 more
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Alpha-Gal Sensitization Dynamics in Individuals After Tick Bites With or Without Erythema Migrans. [PDF]
ABSTRACT α‐Gal syndrome (AGS) is an emerging tick‐borne disease characterised by the development of specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) antibodies against galactose‐α‐1,3‐galactose (α‐gal), a carbohydrate found in most mammalian species, but not in humans. AGS occurs in individuals with a history of tick bites.
van Gorkom T+8 more
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Lyme disease with erythema migrans presenting concurrently with optic nerve perineuritis and abducens nerve palsy. [PDF]
Lundin MS+3 more
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Prospective Evaluation of the Frequency and Severity of Symptoms in Lyme Disease Patients With Erythema Migrans Compared With Matched Controls at Baseline, 6 Months, and 12 Months. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Erythema migrans is the most common clinical manifestation of Lyme disease. Despite antibiotic therapy, typically at least 10% of adult patients with erythema migrans experience persistence of at least 1 subjective symptom for ≥6 months ...
Wormser GP+8 more
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Investigation of erythema migrans patients identifies Borrelia species and Neoehrlichia mikurensis with implications for clinical assessment. [PDF]
Cronhjort S+7 more
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