[Neurologic manifestations in Lyme disease. Apropos of 22 cases].
The main clinical and biological features of 22 cases of neurological forms of Lyme disease are reviewed. Radiculitis (n = 15), cranial nevritis (n = 7), meningitis (n = 5) and encephalitis (n = 4) are often associated. Tick bites were previously noticed in only 40% of cases; erythema chronicum migrans in 73%, "one to six months before the onset of neurological symptoms". Titers of Borrelia Burgdorferi antibodies were always above 1/256. Among 18 patients, DR W2 HLA haplotype was present in 15.
Ragnaud
J M
JM
Clinique médicale et des maladies infectieuses, hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux.
Morlat
P
P
Ferrer
X
X
Orgogozo
J M
JM
Julien
J
J
Beylot
J
J
Aubertin
J
J
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
Manifestations neurologiques de la maladie de Lyme. A propos de 22 cas.