Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato bacteremia in slovenian children with solitary and multiple erythema migrans

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 988-990

  Arnež, Maja ^a   Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

bacteremia; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; children; erythema migrans; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 80054970483     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318225b8c3     Document Type: Article

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