Possible Lyme Carditis with Sick Sinus Syndrome
Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi) is a spirochete bacterium that is transmitted via the Ixodes tick. Infection results in Lyme disease with possible cardiac manifestations, which is also known as Lyme carditis.
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A Case Series on NeuroborreliosisAn Emerging Infection in India [PDF]
Lyme disease is a zoonotic disease spread by the bite of Ixodes ticks. These ticks are known to be found in wooded or grassy areas. The disease manifestations can be divided into early Lyme disease and late Lyme disease. The manifestations of late Lyme
Rachna Sehgal, Meenakshi Bhatt
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A Case Series of Lyme Carditis with Complete Heart Block [PDF]
Case 1 A 25-year-old Caucasian male with a history of a benign functional heart murmur presented to the emergency department for evaluation of 10 days of dyspnea with minimal exertion, such as walking a few blocks or climbing a flight of steps.
Kanzaria, MD, Mitul, Shah, MD, Rina
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Differences in clinicopathologic variables between Borrelia C6 antigen seroreactive and Borrelia C6 seronegative glomerulopathy in dogs. [PDF]
BackgroundRapidly progressive glomerulonephritis has been described in dogs that seroreact to Borrelia burgdorferi, but no studies have compared clinicopathologic differences in Lyme-seroreactive dogs with protein-losing nephropathy (PLN) versus dogs ...
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A rare cause of peripheral facial paralysis in childhood in our country: lyme disease [PDF]
Lyme disease is a zoonosis caused by Spirochetes called Borrelia burgdorferi, involving several areas, such as the skin, heart and central nervous system.
Gürses, Dolunay, Özdemir, Emine
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Serious Bacterial Infections Acquired During Treatment of Patients Given a Diagnosis of Chronic Lyme Disease - United States. [PDF]
The term "chronic Lyme disease" is used by some health care providers as a diagnosis for various constitutional, musculoskeletal, and neuropsychiatric symptoms (1,2).
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Coxsackie B2 Virus Infection Causing Multiorgan Failure and Cardiogenic Shock in a 42-Year-Old Man [PDF]
Infections from coxsackie B2 viruses often cause viral myocarditis and, only rarely, multisystem organ impairment. We present the unusual case of a 42-year-old man in whom coxsackie B2 virus infection caused multiorgan infection, necessitating distal ...
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Lyme disease may present with a variety of cardiac manifestations ranging from first degree to third degree heart block. Cardiac involvement with Lyme disease may be asymptomatic, or symptomatic.
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Diagnostic accuracy and comparison of two assays for Borrelia-specific IgG and IgM antibodies:proposals for statistical evaluation methods, cut-off values and standardization [PDF]
Two assays (Liaison, Diasorin; IDEIA, Oxoid) for detection of Borrelia-specific antibodies were compared. A case–control design using patients with neuroborreliosis (n = 48), laboratory defined by a positive Borrelia-specific antibody index in the spinal
Dessau, Ram
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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.
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