The association of thrombocytopaenia and Lyme disease

The association of thrombocytopaenia and Lyme disease

The association of asymptomatic thrombocytopaenia in six patients with acute Lyme disease is described. Recovery from thrombocytopaenia occurred shortly following antibiotic therapy. Patients residing in endemic areas for Lyme disease who present with flu-like symptoms and laboratory findings of thr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Postgraduate medical journal 1994-04, Vol.70 (822), p.285-287
Hauptverfasser: Ballard, H. S., Bottino, G., Bottino, J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Doxycycline - therapeutic use
Female
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Lyme Disease - complications
Lyme Disease - drug therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Platelet diseases and coagulopathies
Retrospective Studies
Thrombocytopenia - drug therapy
Thrombocytopenia - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:The association of asymptomatic thrombocytopaenia in six patients with acute Lyme disease is described. Recovery from thrombocytopaenia occurred shortly following antibiotic therapy. Patients residing in endemic areas for Lyme disease who present with flu-like symptoms and laboratory findings of thrombocytopaenia should prompt suspicion of acute Lyme disease. Appropriate clinical studies should be undertaken to confirm the diagnosis.
ISSN:0032-5473
1469-0756
DOI:10.1136/pgmj.70.822.285