Meningoencephalitis from Borrelia miyamotoi in an immunocompromised patient

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-245

  Gugliotta, Joseph L ^a,b   Goethert, Heidi K ^c,d   Berardi, Victor P ^c   Telford III, Sam R ^d  

^a Hunterdon Medical Center   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Imugen Reference Diagnostic Division   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

EID: 84872467336     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1209039     Document Type: Article

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