Acute lyme infection presenting with amyopathic dermatomyositis and rapidly fatal interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nguyen, Hien ^a   Le, Connie ^b   Nguyen, Hanh ^c  

^a Internal Medicine Department   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEROLOGY; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHEEZING;

EID: 78649556220     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-187     Document Type: Article

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