[Dilated myocardial disease as sequela of chronic Lyme carditis].
A report is given on a 39-year-old man, who developed, after a tick bite, erythema, progressing symptoms and, after 3 years, showed the typical clinical and echocardiographic signs of a dilative cardiomyopathy. A serological test for Lyme Borreliosis was positive. Most of the symptoms disappeared after high-dose penicillin therapy.
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Leitklinik für Herz-Kreislauf-Krankheiten des Bezirkes Dresden.
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Foelske
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D000328:Adult; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D010406:Penicillins
Dilatative Herzmuskelerkrankung als Folge einer chronischen Lyme-Karditis.