Is neuroborreliosis a medical emergency?

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 260-266

  Halperin, John J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OVERLOOK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bannwarth's syndrome; CNS; Lyme disease; Neuroborreliosis; PNS

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NEUROBORRELIOSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPIROCHETE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; AGED; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS;

EID: 33745697976     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:4:3:260     Document Type: Review

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