Borrelia Meningoradiculitis with Severe Pains

A 54-year-old woman with severe pains in the region of the right arcus costalis is presented. This case was a great therapeutic and diagnostic problem during 4 weeks. A borrelia meningoradiculitis was finally diagnosed by detection of specific antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid. Intravenous benzy...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1987, Vol.19 (6), p.701-702
Hauptverfasser:	Vikerfors, Tomas, Rudbäck, Niclas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences Borrelia Borrelia Infections - diagnosis Borrelia Infections - drug therapy Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Meningitis - etiology Middle Aged Pain - etiology Penicillin G - therapeutic use Radiculopathy - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	A 54-year-old woman with severe pains in the region of the right arcus costalis is presented. This case was a great therapeutic and diagnostic problem during 4 weeks. A borrelia meningoradiculitis was finally diagnosed by detection of specific antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid. Intravenous benzylpenicillin in combination with epidural morphine hydrochloride resulted in a dramatic relief of the severe pains.
ISSN:	0036-5548 1651-1980
DOI:	10.3109/00365548709117208