Lyme Disease and Associated NMDAR Encephalitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
Neurology International, 2021 We present a case of a patient with positive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) IgG antibodies in their serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) associated with neuroborreliosis.
Natalja Predkele, Jānis Mednieks
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Vertigo and Severe Balance Instability as Symptoms of Lyme Disease—Literature Review and Case Report
Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 Lyme disease is caused by a tick-borne bacterium Borrelia sp. This zoonotic infection is common in the Northern Hemisphere, e.g., Europe. Clinical presentation may involve multisystem symptoms and depends on the stage of the disease.
Magdalena Jozefowicz-Korczynska +3 more
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Severe course of Lyme neuroborreliosis in an HIV-1 positive patient; case report and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2010 Background Lyme Neuroborreliosis (LNB) in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patient is a rare co-infection and has only been reported four times in literature.
Nathalie D van Burgel +3 more
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Neurology International, 2011 The diagnosis of neuroborreliosis is not always straightforward. Intrathecal immunoglobulin (Ig) synthesis against Borrelia antigen may not be detected, at least early in the disease course.
Magnus Vrethem +4 more
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Meningomyeloradiculitis as an Unusual Presentation of Neuroborreliosis in Childhood [PDF]
, 2015 We report a pediatric case of Lyme neuroborreliosis-associated meningomyeloradiculitis with atypical manifestations and negative initial cerebrospinal fluid borrelial antibodies. Transverse myelitis and painful radiculoneuritis have rarely been described
Conceição, C +5 more
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Ischemic Stroke: Do Not Forget Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2018 Lyme neuroborreliosis is a rare cause of ischemic stroke; it has only been described in case reports and mostly in Europe. Diagnostic criteria have been proposed for Lyme neuroborreliosis but the association with a cerebral ischemic presentation is not ...
Gabriela Moreno Legast +2 more
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Case Reports in Neurology, 2012 We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with 4 episodes of myelitis with pleocytosis, a positive Borrelia burgdorferi serology with positive antibody indices, and full recovery each time after antibiotic and steroid treatment, suggesting ...
P. Albrecht +10 more
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Immunoblot analysis of the seroreactivity to recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antigens, including VlsE, in the long-term course of treated patients with Erythema migrans [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: We evaluated whether immunoblotting is capable of substantiating the posttreatment clinical assessment of patients with erythema migrans ( EM), the hallmark of early Lyme borreliosis.
Aguero-Rosenfeld ME +57 more
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Cerebrospinal fluid Lyme multiplex assay results are not diagnostic in horses with neuroborreliosis
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2018 Background The accuracy of the Lyme multiplex assay for the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis in horses is unknown. Hypothesis/Objectives To describe Lyme multiplex results in horses with a postmortem diagnosis of neuroborreliosis.
Amy L. Johnson +2 more
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A Case of Neuroborreliosis Mimicking Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2020 Lyme disease is a zoonosis that arises from Borrelia burgdorferi spp belonging to the Spirochaetales family, transmitted by Ixodes-type ticks. In the course of the disease, the heart, skin, nervous and musculoskeletal system may be affected.
Zeynep Şule Çakar +8 more
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