Lyme disease in Italy: first reported case.
The AA describe the first italian case of Lyme Disease in a middle aged woman: the patient developed after a tick bite the classical erythema chronicum migrans lesions and one month later an oligoarthritis. By indirect immunofluorescence assay it has been found a significant titre compatible with an infection by Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease.
D001733:Bites and Stings; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013987:Ticks