Early disseminated borreliosis with multiple erythema migrans and elevated liver enzymes: Case report and literature review

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 418-421

  Benedix, Frauke ^a   Weide, Benjamin ^a   Broekaert, Sigrid ^a   Metzler, Gisela ^a   Frick, Julia Stefanie ^a   Burgdorf, Walter H C ^b   Röcken, Martin ^a   Schaller, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disseminated borreliosis; Erythemata migrantia; Lyme borreliosis; Multiple erythema migrans; Non specific hepatitis; Parainfectious hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOMEGALY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN;

AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 38449123147     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0267     Document Type: Article

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