Abstract
Background Lyme disease, endemic in Europe, North America and Asia, is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. In the absence of a correct diagnosis and an early and appropriate treatment, it evolves in 3 stages: early localized stage (erythema migrans – present in the majority but not in all the patients – fever, fatigue, myalgia, headache, neck stiffness); early disseminated stage (secondary skin lesions and extra cutaneous manifestations, like muscular/skeletal and hematologic symptoms, less common cardiac disturbance); chronic disseminated stage (rheumatological and neurological manifestations, acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans). The aim of this study was to analyze some epidemiological and clinical aspects in the early stage of Lyme disease in patients admitted into the Infectious Diseases Hospital of Brasov.
Highlights
Lyme disease, endemic in Europe, North America and Asia, is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria
The aim of this study was to analyze some epidemiological and clinical aspects in the early stage of Lyme disease in patients admitted into the Infectious Diseases Hospital of Braşov
Erythema migrans was diagnosed in 43 (77%) patients; other clinical manifestations were fever and chills (30.36%), headache (12.5%) and arthralgia (12.5%)
Summary
Endemic in Europe, North America and Asia, is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. Lyme disease – current clinical and epidemiological aspects in Braşov From The 9th Edition of the Scientific Days of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Prof Dr Matei Bals Bucharest, Romania. Background Lyme disease, endemic in Europe, North America and Asia, is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria.
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