Acute Meningoencephalitis Associated with Borrelia miyamotoi, Minnesota, USA

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kubiak, Jeffrey M. ; Klevay, Michael ; Hilt, Evann E. ; Ferrieri, Patricia
• Description:
  Borrelia miyamotoi is an emerging tickborne pathogen that has been associated with central nervous system infections in immunocompromised patients, albeit infrequently. We describe a case-patient in Minnesota, USA, who had meningeal symptoms of 1 month duration. B. miyamotoi infection was diagnosed by Gram staining on cerebrospinal fluid and confirmed by sequencing.
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Borrelia Borrelia Infections Female Humans Male Meningoencephalitis Middle Aged
• Keywords:
  Bacteria Borrelia Miyamotoi Meningitis/Encephalitis Meningoencephalitis Microscopy Minnesota Ribosomal RNA 16S Tick-borne Infections Ticks United States Vector-borne Infections Zoonoses

  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(7):1472-1474
• Pubmed ID:
  38916722
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11210636
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:56f12cd808f73ed80d4454ba61fa1a659ecb30e1d0076686649f73b531cdf1ba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/158099/cdc_158099_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 429.80 KB ]