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Immunogenetic markers definition in latvian patients with lyme borreliosis and lyme neuroborreliosis [PDF]

, 2016
Funding Information: This work was supported by the European Social Fund (ESF) project ?Support for doctoral study program and scientific degree receiving in Riga Stradi?? University, agreement No. 2009/0147/1DP/1.1.2.1.2/09/IPIA/VIAA/009?.
Lilija Kovalchuka, Jelena Eglite, Cvetkova, Svetlana, Lucenko, Irina, Eglite, Jelena, Gintere, Sandra, Oczko-Grzesik, Barbara, Svetlana Cvetkova, Sandra Gintere, Irina Lucenko, Ludmila Viksna, Angelika Krumina, Kovalchuka, Lilija, Barbara Oczko-Grzesik, Krumina, Angelika, Julija Trofimova, Viksna, Ludmila, Trofimova, Julija   +17 more
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Stroke as an Unusual First Presentation of Lyme Disease

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2015
Introduction. Lyme neuroborreliosis is a nervous system infection caused by spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi with diverse neurological complications. Stroke due to cerebral vasculitis is a rare consequence of neuroborreliosis and has been described in ...
Mohamad Almoussa, Angelika Goertzen, Barbara Fauser, Christoph W. Zimmermann   +3 more
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The facial nerve palsy and cortisone evaluation (FACE) study in children: protocol for a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial, in a Borrelia burgdorferi endemic area

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background Children with acute peripheral facial nerve palsy cannot yet be recommended corticosteroid treatment based on evidence. Adults with idiopathic facial nerve palsy are treated with corticosteroids, according to guidelines resulting from a meta ...
Sofia Karlsson, Sigurdur Arnason, Nermin Hadziosmanovic, Åsa Laestadius, Malou Hultcrantz, Elin Marsk, Barbro H. Skogman   +6 more
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Peripheral facial nerve palsy as a manifestation of neuroborreliosis in children

Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna, 2019
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a systemic infectious disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes. It is spread by the bites of infected ticks of the genus Ixodes which inhabit forest plants in the northern hemisphere, including ...
Monika Zielińska, Rafał Zieliński
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Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis [PDF]

, 2015
Lyme neuroborreliosis, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, affects both peripheral and central nervous systems. We assessed a causal role for inflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis pathogenesis by evaluating the induced inflammatory changes in ...
Didier, Peter J., Martin, Dale S., Geeta Ramesh, Lara A. Doyle-Meyers, Mary B. Jacobs, England, John D., Philipp, Mario T., Santana-Gould, Lenay, Peter J. Didier, Doyle-Meyers, Lara A., Mario T. Philipp, Jacobs, Mary B., Lenay Santana-Gould, John D. England, Ramesh, Geeta, Dale S. Martin   +15 more
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Implications and Aspects of Lyme Neuroborreliosis

EMJ Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2021
Lyme borreliosis or Lyme disease affects thousands of people globally each year, and, with nervous system involvement, this disease can lead to the development of Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB).
Cody Riggle, Catherine Brissette
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Rapid Resolution of Grade VI Facial Nerve Paralysis in Ramsay Hunt Syndrome With Prompt Dual Antiviral‐Corticosteroid Therapy: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Ramsay Hunt syndrome, caused by varicella‐zoster virus reactivation, presents with facial paralysis, otalgia, and auricular vesicles. A Tanzanian woman with Grade VI facial palsy was treated with acyclovir and prednisolone, recovering to Grade II within 2 weeks.
Jacob Henry Kitundu, Kasimu Ally Juma, Kajiru Gad Kilonzo, Elichilia Robert Shao, Christine Leons Mmanda   +4 more
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Definite neuroborreliosis with atypical antibody-profiles: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background According to European Academy of Neurology guidelines, a positive Borrelia burgdorferi antibody index is required for diagnosing definite Lyme neuroborreliosis. Exceptions to the typical antibody production may be seen in the earlier phases of
Ingerid Skarstein, Anne Marit Solheim, Hanne Quarsten, Unn Ljøstad, Åse Mygland, Åslaug Rudjord Lorentzen, Randi Eikeland, Harald Reiso, Steffan Daniel Bos, Elling Ulvestad   +9 more
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Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1992
The clinical and epidemiological features of 187 consecutive patients with neuroborreliosis recognized in Denmark over a 6-year period, 1985-1990, are reported from the Department of Infection-Immunology, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
J Gordon Millichap
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A Noteworthy Case Report of Neuroborreliosis in an Unvaccinated Pediatric Patient

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Lyme disease typically presents with viral-like symptoms and a pathognomonic rash. With disease progression, symptoms of nervous system involvement usually include facial nerve palsy and meningitis, but other atypical neurologic ...
Amber R. Walker, Teresita Morales-Yurick
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