title: Peripheral facial palsy: antibody levels to Borrelia in serum and CSF.
abstract: Serum antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi antigen were determined in 71 consecutive patients with an acute peripheral facial palsy. The study was conducted for one year in a south western coastal region in Sweden. Twenty-one per cent of the patients had significantly elevated serum levels of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi antigen. CSF was examined in 13 of the sero-positive patients. In three of these (23%) Borrelia antibodies were found. Another five patients had a pathological protein and cell pattern in the CSF. No seasonal differences were observed. Four of the sero-positive patients had a long-term history of dermatological neurological manifestations compatible with the late third stage of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology, Sahlgrenska Hospital, University of Göteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edström
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Slagsvold
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaijser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G