Neonatal skin lesions due to a spirochetal infection: A case of congenital Lyme borreliosis?

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 677-680

  Trevisan, Giusto ^a   Stinco, Giuseppe ^b   Cinco, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SPIROCHETE; TICK BITE;

AMOXICILLIN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PENICILLINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RECURRENCE; SKIN; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030714082     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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