title: [Borrelia burgdorferi, clinical aspects, cultivation and identification of the pathogen in erythema migrans in Berlin].
abstract: Among other manifestations, the following diseases caused by Borrelia burgdorferi in Europe are transmitted by ticks of the species ixodes ricinus: erythema migrans (EM), lymphadenosis benigna cutis (LBC), lymphocytic meningo-radiculitis (Bannwarth's syndrome), and acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). We report on a female patient, who developed EM 10 days after a-tick bite in Berlin. Borrelia burgdorferi could be cultivated from a skin biopsy specimen taken from the periphery of the EM. The isolates were identified as Borrelia burgdorferi by indirect immunofluorescence using the monoclonal antibodies H 9724 and H 5332.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow der FU Berlin.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ott
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schönberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001604:Berlin; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000254:growth & development*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Borrelia burgdorferi, klinische Aspekte, Anzüchtung und Identifizierung des Erregers aus einem Erythema migrans in Berlin.