Borrelia crocidurae Meningoencephalitis, West Africa

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Goutier, Sandrine ; Ferquel, Elisabeth ; Pinel, Claudine ; Bosseray, Annick ; Hoen, Bruno ; Couetdic, Gérard ; Bourahoui, Amina ; Lapostolle, Claire ; Pelloux, Hervé ; Garnier, Martine ; Sertour, Natacha ; Pelloux, Isabelle ; Pavese, Patricia ; Cornet, Muriel
• Description:
  Borrelia crocidurae-associated relapsing fever is endemic to West Africa and is considered benign. We report 4 patients with B. crocidurae-associated neurologic symptoms; 2 of their cases had been misdiagnosed. Frequency and severity of this disease could be underestimated; molecular methods and serodiagnostic tests for Lyme disease might be helpful in its detection.
• Subjects:
  Adult Borrelia Ceftriaxone Child Dispatch Doxycycline Endemic Diseases Female France Humans Male Meningoencephalitis Middle Aged Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Polymerase Chain Reaction Relapsing Fever RNA, Bacterial RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Sequence Analysis, DNA Travel

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(2):301-304.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  France ; Senegal
• Location:
  Europe ; Africa
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:044dc25d648d80045600ab8971dc653e135ca948b6ab78f9b4cbbe67bd1bd73b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18985/cdc_18985_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB ]