Lyme disease in Italy: first reported case

Boll Ist Sieroter Milan. 1985;64(6):483-5.

Abstract

The AA describe the first italian case of Lyme Disease in a middle aged woman: the patient developed after a tick bite the classical erythema chronicum migrans lesions and one month later an oligoarthritis. By indirect immunofluorescence assay it has been found a significant titre compatible with an infection by Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bites and Stings
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / physiopathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Ticks