Ischemic Stroke: Do Not Forget Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Lyme neuroborreliosis is a rare cause of ischemic stroke; it has only been described in case reports and mostly in Europe. Diagnostic criteria have been proposed for Lyme neuroborreliosis but the association with a cerebral ischemic presentation is not always straightforward. We here describe the ca...

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Autores principales: Moreno Legast, Gabriela, Schnider, Armin, Nicastro, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5899873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29805824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1720725
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Nicastro, Nicolas
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description Lyme neuroborreliosis is a rare cause of ischemic stroke; it has only been described in case reports and mostly in Europe. Diagnostic criteria have been proposed for Lyme neuroborreliosis but the association with a cerebral ischemic presentation is not always straightforward. We here describe the case of an 83-year-old man for whom we strongly suspect Lyme neuroborreliosis as the etiology of his stroke. This case reminds us of the importance of a thorough history taking (i.e., tick bite) and to perform the adequate ancillary tests accordingly (lumbar puncture) so as to propose validated treatment.
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spelling pubmed-58998732018-05-27 Ischemic Stroke: Do Not Forget Lyme Neuroborreliosis Moreno Legast, Gabriela Schnider, Armin Nicastro, Nicolas Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Lyme neuroborreliosis is a rare cause of ischemic stroke; it has only been described in case reports and mostly in Europe. Diagnostic criteria have been proposed for Lyme neuroborreliosis but the association with a cerebral ischemic presentation is not always straightforward. We here describe the case of an 83-year-old man for whom we strongly suspect Lyme neuroborreliosis as the etiology of his stroke. This case reminds us of the importance of a thorough history taking (i.e., tick bite) and to perform the adequate ancillary tests accordingly (lumbar puncture) so as to propose validated treatment. Hindawi 2018-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5899873/ /pubmed/29805824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1720725 Text en Copyright © 2018 Gabriela Moreno Legast et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Ischemic Stroke: Do Not Forget Lyme Neuroborreliosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5899873/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1720725
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