Seronegative lyme neuroborreliosis in a patient on treatment for chronic lymphatic leukemia

Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-113

  Harrer, T ^a   Geissdorfer W ^b   Schoerner, C ^b   Lang, E ^a   Helm, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER ENZYME; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA GARINII; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NIGHT SWEAT; PARESTHESIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BITE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34047213055     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6121-0     Document Type: Article

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