title: Follow-up of antibiotically treated and untreated neuroborreliosis.
abstract: Follow-up of 57 patients who suffered from antibiotically untreated acute, monophasic neuroborreliosis 5 to 27 years ago shows no significant difference in comparison with the follow-up of 66 patients who suffered from antibiotically treated acute, monophasic neuroborreliosis during the last 5 years. In both groups, the involution of clinical symptoms and the normalization of pathological CSF findings were nearly identical. We found no significant difference of sequelae between the groups. Following acute neuroborreliosis, neither the antibiotically untreated nor the antibiotically treated patients developed chronic neuroborreliosis. Only in rare cases of primary chronic neuroborreliosis with CNS involvement did we observe convincing effects of antibiotics, which were given mostly in combination with glucocorticosteroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, West-Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kohlhepp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: König
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline; D010400:Penicillin G