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Fatigue in patients with erythema migrans. [PDF]
Fatigue is a common symptom in patients with Lyme disease. The purpose of this study was to characterize fatigue in untreated adult patients presenting with erythema migrans. Selected variables were assessed to determine if any correlated with the presence or severity of fatigue.
Wormser GP+10 more
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Comparison of PCR methods and culture for the detection of Borrelia spp. in patients with erythema migrans [PDF]
The sensitivities of two PCR assays and culture were compared for the detection of Borrelia spp. in skin specimens of 150 patients with typical erythema migrans. In addition, the accuracy of the methods for the identification of Borrelia spp.
Cerar, T.+4 more
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Background. It is difficult to confirm the diagnosis of the mixed infection of the erythema migrans form of Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis at the onset of the disease because of delayed seroconversion. Purpose.
Ekaterina N. Ilyinskikh+2 more
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Isolation, cultivation, and in vitro susceptibility testing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: A review [PDF]
Lyme borreliosis is the most common vector-borne disease in the northern hemisphere. The agents of Lyme borreliosis are borrelia, bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, which are grouped in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex.
Filipić Brankica+2 more
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Borrelia burgdorferi is highly susceptible to antibiotic treatment and the majority of patients profit from this treatment. Antibiotic selection, dose and route of administration, and duration of therapy for Lyme disease depend on the patient\u2019s ...
di Meo, Nicola+5 more
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Lyme Borreliosis During Pregnancy [PDF]
One of the authors (AL) presented a poster on 34 pregnancies of maternal Lyme borreliosis (Lb) in 1995. It was striking that untreated Lb associated with higher probability of adverse outcome but the number of patients were small and the statistical ...
Andrá, Norbert Solymosi
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Rapid diagnosis of lyme disease: Flagellin gene-based nested polymerase chain reaction for identification of causative Borrelia species [PDF]
Objective: Each of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii, and Borrelia afzelii has characteristic restriction sites in its flagellin gene.
Fukunaga, Masahito+6 more
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Update of the Swiss guidelines on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. [PDF]
Lyme borreliosis is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection, which responds well to antibiotic therapy in the overwhelming majority of cases.
C Strahm+14 more
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The Borrelia afzelii outer membrane protein BAPKO_0422 binds human Factor-H and is predicted to form a membrane-spanning beta-barrel [PDF]
The deep evolutionary history of the Spirochetes places their branch point early in the evolution of the diderms, before the divergence of the present day Proteobacteria.
Adam Dyer+76 more
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Case Report: Lyme Borreliosis and Pregnancy - Our Experience
Lyme Borreliosis (LB) is an infection transmitted by Ixodes sp. ticks. Its early manifestation includes erythema migrans rash. Since the discovery of LB in 1975, the question arose as to whether this infection could be vertically transmitted from mother ...
Giusto Trevisan+8 more
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