A twist on Lyme: the challenge of diagnosing European Lyme neuroborreliosis

Author:

Makhani, N, Morris, SK, Page, AV, Brophy, J, Lindsay, LR, Banwell, BL, and Richardson, SE

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2011-01

Journal/Series title:

J Clin Microbiol.

Volume:

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URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21068272

Abstract:

Lyme neuroborreliosis is a tick-borne illness with central and peripheral nervous system manifestations. Clinical features and methods for accurate diagnosis differ across world regions owing to different causative Borrelia species. The importance of these distinctions is highlighted by a 12-year-old Canadian girl who acquired Lyme neuroborreliosis in Europe.