[Lyme disease--another tick-borne disease in Austria].
Infection with tick-borne spirochetes (e.g. Borrelia burgdorferi) may lead to the development of erythema chronicum migrans, acrodermatitis atrophicans, meningopolyneuritis Bannwarth, and a special type of reactive arthritis named Lyme disease after the American endemic area. Since these diseases occur also in Austria, their clinical features are described in this review; a clear distinction must be made between the neurological manifestation of Lyme disease and those of tick-bite mediated early summer meningoencephalitis. Serological tests can prove that an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi has occurred. The treatment of choice is tetracyclines in the early stages of the disease.
D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000209:etiology; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology; D001898:Borrelia / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003348:Cortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000209:etiology; D013754:Tetracyclines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013987:Ticks
D013754:Tetracyclines; D003348:Cortisone
Die Lyme-Krankheit--eine weitere, durch Zecken übertragene Erkrankung in Osterreich.