Vasculitis-like syndrome associated with Borrelia lusitaniae infection

We report the isolation of Borrelia lusitaniae from a 13-year-old female child presenting with a vasculitis syndrome. The patient was treated with doxycycline, 100 mg bid for 20 days, and is in remission after a follow-up of 2 years. These results should alert clinicians to the fact that B. lusitani...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical rheumatology 2008-12, Vol.27 (12), p.1587-1591
Hauptverfasser:	Lopes de Carvalho, I., Fonseca, J. E., Marques, J. G., Ullmann, A., Hojgaard, A., Zeidner, N., Núncio, M. S.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Animal vaccines Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Borrelia - genetics Borrelia - immunology Borrelia - isolation & purification Case Report Doxycycline - therapeutic use Female Genotype Humans Immunoglobulin G Immunoglobulin M Lyme Disease - complications Lyme Disease - diagnosis Lyme Disease - drug therapy Medicine Medicine & Public Health Molecular Sequence Data Portugal Rheumatology Vasculitis - drug therapy Vasculitis - microbiology
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