Lyme chondritis presenting as painless ear erythema

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Srinivasalu, Hemalatha ^a   Brescia, Anne Marie C ^b   Rose, Carlos D ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondritis; ENT; Lyme disease; Otolaryngologic manifestations

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHONDRITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LYME CHONDRITIS; LYME DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TINNITUS;

CHONDRITIS; ENT; LYME DISEASE; OTOLARYNGOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR CARTILAGE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84878677318     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1225     Document Type: Article

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