No serological evidence for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy in Northern France

Infect Dis (Lond). 2016 Oct;48(10):763-4. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2016.1193790. Epub 2016 Jun 22.

Authors

Yohan N'Guyen^{1

2}, François Lesaffre^{2

3}, Damien Metz^{2

3}, Sylvie de Martino⁴, Benoit Jaulhac⁴, Laurent Andréoletti^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ a Laboratoire de Virologie médicale et moléculaire , Centre hospitalier universitaire de Reims , Reims , France ;
² b EA-4684 Cardiovir, Faculté de médecine , Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne , Reims , France ;
³ c Service de Cardiologie , Centre hospitalier universitaire de Reims , France ;
⁴ d Laboratoire de Bactériologie , Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg , Strasbourg , France.

PMID: 27329434
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2016.1193790

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
Borrelia burgdorferi Group / immunology*
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / epidemiology
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / etiology*
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
France / epidemiology
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Immunoglobulin M / blood
Lyme Disease / complications*
Lyme Disease / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M