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2002, Cilt 16, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 225-228 |
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A CASE OF LYME MENINGITIS WITH TYPICAL FINDINGS OF MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS |
Cafer EROĞLU1, Şaban ESEN1, Murat HÖKELEK2, Mustafa SÜNBÜL1, İrfan ŞENCAN3, Recep ÖZTÜRK4, Hakan LEBLEBİCİOĞLU1 |
1Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Samsun 2Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Samsun 3Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Bolu 4İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul |
Keywords: Lyme diseases, borreliosis, Borrelia burgdorferi, meningitis, encephalitis, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, doxycyclin |
The diagnosis of Lyme disease is based primarily on the presence of a characteristic clinical picture, exposure in an endemic area, and an elevated antibody response to Borrelia burgdorferi. In serologic testing for Lyme disease, ELISA- positive specimens should be confirmed with Western blotting. In this article, a 34-year-old female patient with Lyme meningitis is presented. She had clinically typical finding of meningoencephalitis. The diagnosis was confirmed with serological tests, namely, ELISA and Western blotting. She recovered completely with doxycycline therapy.
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