title: [Clinical characteristics of Lyme disease].
abstract: Clinical characteristics of Lyme disease were analysed in 22 patients. Erythema migrans was found in 20 (91%), arthralgia in 18 (81%), neuralgia in 8 (36%), encephalitis in 3 (13%), carditis in 2 (9%) and arthritis in 2 (9%) patients. The positive antibody titer was found in 14 (63%) patients. Favourable effects of antibiotic therapy was achieved in all patients. Erythema migrans has been manifested up to 12 days after tick sting and arthralgia, arthritis, neuralgia, hepatitis and chronic dermatitis within a year. Carditis and encephalitis have been developing from a month to ten years after tick sting. Lyme borreliosis is commonly manifested as a systemic disease. Together with the skin, most commonly have been involved ankle joints, heart and nervous system. The time from tick sting to the onset of first signs of the diseases varies by the involved organs.
authors.affiliation: Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za infektivne i tropske bolesti, Institut za mikrobiologiju.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bojić
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mijusković
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dokić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nozić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lako
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kapulica
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marinković
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miletić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Klinicke karakteristike lajmske bolesti.