Borrelia arthritis in Swedish children: clinical manifestations in 10 children.
Since 1986, serology against Borrelia burgdorferi has been performed on patients with arthritis admitted to the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, S:t Göran's Hospital, Stockholm. We studied, retrospectively, the period 1986-88. Among 300 children with arthritis, 10 had positive titers against B. B. burgdorferi. Other causes of arthritis were excluded. The onset of Borrelia arthritis was throughout the year. Only 3 of the 10 children remembered an actual tick bite. No other manifestations of Lyme borreliosis were present simultaneously. The typical clinical picture was a relapsing unilateral arthritis of the knee.
Hammers-Berggren
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden.
Andersson
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Stiernstedt
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D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003663:Decision Trees; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents