Stroke in neuroborreliosis.
A 20-year-old man suffered two thalamic infarctions during the course of neuroborreliosis and was successfully treated with intravenous ceftriaxone. Review of 11 additional cases of stroke and cerebral vasculitis in neuroborreliosis suggests that there is a meningovascular form of the infection with predilection for the posterior circulation and an association with the European strains of Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Neurology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307-5001.
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D000328:Adult; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002443:Ceftriaxone