Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Carditis Complicated by Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome
Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. When untreated, infection may spread to the heart, nervous system, and joints. Cardiac involvement usually manifests as abnormalities of the conduction system and bradycardia. Treatment of Lyme disease is generally e...
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| description | Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. When untreated, infection may spread to the heart, nervous system, and joints. Cardiac involvement usually manifests as abnormalities of the conduction system and bradycardia. Treatment of Lyme disease is generally effective, with a subset of patients experiencing persistent, sometimes long-term symptoms called posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-defb06642d8a4b0c8cc18e2b8189cb152025-02-03T05:50:47ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/58471565847156Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Carditis Complicated by Posttreatment Lyme Disease SyndromeCheryl Novak0Andrew Harrison1John Aucott2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2360 W. Joppa Road, Suite 320, Lutherville, MD 21063, USAMedical Laboratory Sciences Program, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518, USADivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2360 W. Joppa Road, Suite 320, Lutherville, MD 21063, USALyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. When untreated, infection may spread to the heart, nervous system, and joints. Cardiac involvement usually manifests as abnormalities of the conduction system and bradycardia. Treatment of Lyme disease is generally effective, with a subset of patients experiencing persistent, sometimes long-term symptoms called posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5847156 |
| spellingShingle | Cheryl Novak Andrew Harrison John Aucott Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Carditis Complicated by Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Carditis Complicated by Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome |
| title_full | Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Carditis Complicated by Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Carditis Complicated by Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Carditis Complicated by Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome |
| title_short | Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Carditis Complicated by Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome |
| title_sort | early disseminated lyme disease with carditis complicated by posttreatment lyme disease syndrome |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5847156 |
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