"Double Trouble": Severe Meningoencephalitis Due to Borrelia burgdorferi and Powassan Virus Co-Infection Successfully Treated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin

BACKGROUND Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick-borne flavivirus transmitted to humans by ticks. While infection is asymptomatic in some people, others develop life-threatening encephalitis with high mortality rates. Co-infection between POWV and Borrelia burgdorferi is rare despite the fact th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of case reports 2021-03, Vol.22, p.e929952-e929952
Hauptverfasser:	Dumic, Igor, Glomski, Bridget, Patel, Janki, Nordin, Terri, Nordstrom, Charles W, Sprecher, Lawrence J, Niendorf, Eric, Singh, Amteshwar, Simeunovic, Kosana, Subramanian, Anand, Igandan, Oladapo, Vitorovic, Danilo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Animals Borrelia burgdorferi Coinfection - drug therapy Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne Humans Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use Male Meningoencephalitis - complications Meningoencephalitis - diagnosis Meningoencephalitis - drug therapy
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