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Medically Refractory Neuroborreliosis Case Presented with Coexistance Involvements of Cranial 7 and 8 Nerves
In the US, Lyme disease (LD) has become the most common vector-borne disease. Less than 10% of patients develop cranial nerve palsy or meningitis. There are few reports on cases of Lyme disease with more than one cranial neuropathy. Herein, we will discuss a case of persistent neurological deficits...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8005992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/neurolint13010012 |
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author | Hareem, Anam Dabiri, Iman Zaheer, Nida Burakgazi, Ahmet Z. |
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description | In the US, Lyme disease (LD) has become the most common vector-borne disease. Less than 10% of patients develop cranial nerve palsy or meningitis. There are few reports on cases of Lyme disease with more than one cranial neuropathy. Herein, we will discuss a case of persistent neurological deficits as a result of chronic Lyme disease resistant to standard therapy. Our case is unique due to involvements of cranial seven and eight nerves at the same time. Our case illustrates an extreme example of treatment resistance. However, early diagnosis and prompt establishment of adequate antibiotic treatment are still important to prevent progression to further stages of disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-80059922021-03-30 Medically Refractory Neuroborreliosis Case Presented with Coexistance Involvements of Cranial 7 and 8 Nerves Hareem, Anam Dabiri, Iman Zaheer, Nida Burakgazi, Ahmet Z. Neurol Int Case Report In the US, Lyme disease (LD) has become the most common vector-borne disease. Less than 10% of patients develop cranial nerve palsy or meningitis. There are few reports on cases of Lyme disease with more than one cranial neuropathy. Herein, we will discuss a case of persistent neurological deficits as a result of chronic Lyme disease resistant to standard therapy. Our case is unique due to involvements of cranial seven and eight nerves at the same time. Our case illustrates an extreme example of treatment resistance. However, early diagnosis and prompt establishment of adequate antibiotic treatment are still important to prevent progression to further stages of disease. MDPI 2021-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8005992/ /pubmed/33803548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/neurolint13010012 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/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Hareem, Anam Dabiri, Iman Zaheer, Nida Burakgazi, Ahmet Z. Medically Refractory Neuroborreliosis Case Presented with Coexistance Involvements of Cranial 7 and 8 Nerves |
title | Medically Refractory Neuroborreliosis Case Presented with Coexistance Involvements of Cranial 7 and 8 Nerves |
title_full | Medically Refractory Neuroborreliosis Case Presented with Coexistance Involvements of Cranial 7 and 8 Nerves |
title_fullStr | Medically Refractory Neuroborreliosis Case Presented with Coexistance Involvements of Cranial 7 and 8 Nerves |
title_full_unstemmed | Medically Refractory Neuroborreliosis Case Presented with Coexistance Involvements of Cranial 7 and 8 Nerves |
title_short | Medically Refractory Neuroborreliosis Case Presented with Coexistance Involvements of Cranial 7 and 8 Nerves |
title_sort | medically refractory neuroborreliosis case presented with coexistance involvements of cranial 7 and 8 nerves |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8005992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/neurolint13010012 |
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