title: Current aspects of Lyme disease and other Borrelia burgdorferi infections.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: 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