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Lyme Disease: A Case Report with Typical and Atypical Lesions
Lyme disease is a multisystem infectious disease caused by the spirochete “Borrelia burgdorferi,” which is transmitted by “Ixodes” tick, with skin being the most common and earliest organ to be affected. Diagnosis of erythema chronicum migrans (ECM), which is the characteristic lesion of early disea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405553 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.202271 |
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author | Sharma, Anuj Guleria, Sandesh Sharma, Reena Sharma, Anita |
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description | Lyme disease is a multisystem infectious disease caused by the spirochete “Borrelia burgdorferi,” which is transmitted by “Ixodes” tick, with skin being the most common and earliest organ to be affected. Diagnosis of erythema chronicum migrans (ECM), which is the characteristic lesion of early disease, may help in early treatment and prevention of complications. Here, we are reporting a case of Lyme disease in a 10-year-old young boy from a non-endemic zone of Himachal Pradesh, who presented with typical as well as atypical ECM lesions. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed serologically, and the child was treated successfully with doxycycline. |
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spelling | pubmed-53724332017-04-12 Lyme Disease: A Case Report with Typical and Atypical Lesions Sharma, Anuj Guleria, Sandesh Sharma, Reena Sharma, Anita Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Lyme disease is a multisystem infectious disease caused by the spirochete “Borrelia burgdorferi,” which is transmitted by “Ixodes” tick, with skin being the most common and earliest organ to be affected. Diagnosis of erythema chronicum migrans (ECM), which is the characteristic lesion of early disease, may help in early treatment and prevention of complications. Here, we are reporting a case of Lyme disease in a 10-year-old young boy from a non-endemic zone of Himachal Pradesh, who presented with typical as well as atypical ECM lesions. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed serologically, and the child was treated successfully with doxycycline. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5372433/ /pubmed/28405553 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.202271 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sharma, Anuj Guleria, Sandesh Sharma, Reena Sharma, Anita Lyme Disease: A Case Report with Typical and Atypical Lesions |
title | Lyme Disease: A Case Report with Typical and Atypical Lesions |
title_full | Lyme Disease: A Case Report with Typical and Atypical Lesions |
title_fullStr | Lyme Disease: A Case Report with Typical and Atypical Lesions |
title_full_unstemmed | Lyme Disease: A Case Report with Typical and Atypical Lesions |
title_short | Lyme Disease: A Case Report with Typical and Atypical Lesions |
title_sort | lyme disease: a case report with typical and atypical lesions |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405553 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.202271 |
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