Clinico-Biological Aspects in Human Neuroborreliosis

Authors

  • D. Costache Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
  • C. Costache Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Keywords:

Lyme disease, clinico-biological, neuroboreliozis, migratory erythema

Abstract

The study was conducted on a group of 32 patients hospitalized with Lyme disease in 2007-2011, at the Hospital of Infectious Diseases and Neurology Hospital of Brasov, monitoring only those patients with neurological manifestations that have been pursued clinical and biological features, imaging found in various stages of the disease evolution. Neurologic examination have revealed a variety of clinical signs, most people cast more than one neurological manifestation, with a varied clinical picture and age distribution. Age group most affected was over 40 years, migratory erythema, being present at only 50% of patients at onset, type IgG ELISA serology, being present in 62% of patients with long neuroboreliozis which confirms the evolution of the disease.

Author Biographies

D. Costache, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Faculty of Medicine

C. Costache, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Faculty of Medicine

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Published

2014-01-07

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MEDICAL SCIENCES