[Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans--a borreliosis!].
Spirochetes were recovered from the skin lesions of two patients with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans. Both patients assume that they had a tick bite. Sera from both patients showed increased IgG-antibody titers to a Borrelia burgdorferi strain isolated from the skin.
D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D001898:Borrelia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D013987:Ticks
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans--eine Borreliose!