Current aspects of Lyme disease and other Borrelia burgdorferi infections.
Lyme disease, acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans, and borrelial lymphocytoma are caused by species of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme disease has emerged as the leading vector-borne infectious disease in the United States. This article presents a current review of these entities.
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Department of Dermatology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D019310:Pseudolymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology