Neuroborreliosis during relapsing fever: Review of the clinical manifestations, pathology, and treatment of infections in humans and experimental animals

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-164

  Cadavid, Diego ^b   Barbour, Alan G ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; TETRACYCLINE;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LOUSE; LYME DISEASE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0031887996     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516276     Document Type: Review

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