Vasculitis-like syndrome associated with Borrelia lusitaniae infection

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1587-1591

  de Carvalho, I Lopes ^a   Fonseca, J E ^b,c   Marques, J G ^c   Ullmann, A ^c   Hojgaard, A ^c   Zeidner, N ^d   Núncio, M Sofia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

B. lusitaniae; Clinical manifestations; Human isolate; Lyme borreliosis; Portugal

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAIN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SPIROCHETE; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULITIS LIKE PUNCTIFORM ERYTHEMATOUS SKIN LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORTUGAL; VASCULITIS;

EID: 56349131669     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-1012-z     Document Type: Article

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