Two Cases of Borrelia miyamotoi Meningitis, Sweden, 2018

We report 2 human cases of Borrelia miyamotoi disease diagnosed in Sweden, including 1 case of meningitis in an apparently immunocompetent patient. The diagnoses were confirmed by 3 different independent PCR assays and DNA sequencing from cerebrospinal fluid, supplemented by serologic analyses.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Henningsson, Anna J., Asgeirsson, Hilmir, Hammas, Berit, Karlsson, Elias, Parke, Åsa, Hoornstra, Dieuwertje, Wilhelmsson, Peter, Hovius, Joppe W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6759261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31538916
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.190416
Descripción
Sumario:We report 2 human cases of Borrelia miyamotoi disease diagnosed in Sweden, including 1 case of meningitis in an apparently immunocompetent patient. The diagnoses were confirmed by 3 different independent PCR assays and DNA sequencing from cerebrospinal fluid, supplemented by serologic analyses.

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