Arthritis and Diagnostics in Lyme Disease

The diagnosis of Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is clinical but frequently supported by laboratory tests. Lyme arthritis is now less frequently seen than at the time of its discovery. However, it still occurs, and it is important to recognize this, the differential diagnoses, and how...

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Autores principales: Quintero, Javier A., Attah, Raluchukwu, Khianey, Reena, Capitle, Eugenio, Schutzer, Steven E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7931108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33572912
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6010018
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Schutzer, Steven E.
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description The diagnosis of Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is clinical but frequently supported by laboratory tests. Lyme arthritis is now less frequently seen than at the time of its discovery. However, it still occurs, and it is important to recognize this, the differential diagnoses, and how laboratory tests can be useful and their limitations. The most frequently used diagnostic tests are antibody based. However, antibody testing still suffers from many drawbacks and is only an indirect measure of exposure. In contrast, evolving direct diagnostic methods can indicate active infection.
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spelling pubmed-79311082021-03-05 Arthritis and Diagnostics in Lyme Disease Quintero, Javier A. Attah, Raluchukwu Khianey, Reena Capitle, Eugenio Schutzer, Steven E. Trop Med Infect Dis Article The diagnosis of Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is clinical but frequently supported by laboratory tests. Lyme arthritis is now less frequently seen than at the time of its discovery. However, it still occurs, and it is important to recognize this, the differential diagnoses, and how laboratory tests can be useful and their limitations. The most frequently used diagnostic tests are antibody based. However, antibody testing still suffers from many drawbacks and is only an indirect measure of exposure. In contrast, evolving direct diagnostic methods can indicate active infection. MDPI 2021-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7931108/ /pubmed/33572912 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6010018 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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