Variable cutaneous manifestations of Lyme disease.
Lyme disease is a complex, multisystem illness that primarily affects the skin, nervous system, heart, and joints. Physicians must learn to recognize the various possible presentations of the pathognomonic skin lesion to diagnosis this disease in the absence of reliable laboratory methods.
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Division of Infectious Disease, Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, NJ.
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D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*