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
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• 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:
  • Dispatch
  • Adult
  • Borrelia
  • Ceftriaxone
  • Child
  • Doxycycline
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
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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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18985/cdc_18985_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:044dc25d648d80045600ab8971dc653e135ca948b6ab78f9b4cbbe67bd1bd73b