Mini erythema migrans - A sign of early lyme borreliosis

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-116

  Weber, Klaus ^a,c   Wilske, Bettina ^b  

^a Krankenhaus der Missionsbenediktiner   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Erythema migrans; Lyme borreliosis; Mini erythema migrans

Indexed keywords

OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MINI ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 32944482568     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090650     Document Type: Article

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