Lyme disease: a confusing multisystem borreliosis

South Med J. 1989 Sep;82(9):1147-52. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198909000-00021.

Abstract

Lyme disease, a tick-borne infection caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, involves many organ systems. Three clinical stages of involvement have been described; patients with the disease may have cutaneous, arthritic, neurologic, or cardiac symptoms, or a constellation of manifestations. Specific antibody testing and antibiotic agents are available for Lyme disease, but a high index of suspicion must be exercised to recognize atypical manifestations.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arachnid Vectors / microbiology
  • Borrelia
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease* / blood
  • Lyme Disease* / complications
  • Lyme Disease* / diagnosis
  • Lyme Disease* / drug therapy
  • Lyme Disease* / transmission
  • Seasons
  • Ticks / microbiology
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents