Borrelia miyamotoi–Associated Neuroborreliosis in Immunocompromised Person

Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly recognized human pathogen in the relapsing fever group of spirochetes. We investigated a case of B. miyamotoi infection of the central nervous system resembling B. burgdorferi–induced Lyme neuroborreliosis and determined that this emergent agent of central nervous syste...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Boden, Katharina, Lobenstein, Sabine, Hermann, Beate, Margos, Gabriele, Fingerle, Volker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27533748
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2209.152034
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Sumario:Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly recognized human pathogen in the relapsing fever group of spirochetes. We investigated a case of B. miyamotoi infection of the central nervous system resembling B. burgdorferi–induced Lyme neuroborreliosis and determined that this emergent agent of central nervous system infection can be diagnosed with existing methods.

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