Diffuse reversible alopecia in patients with Lyme meningitis and tick-borne encephalitis.
Alopecia occurring after febrile bacterial and viral infection is a phenomenon well known since the beginning of the century. To evaluate the occurrence of alopecia in tick transmitted disease, 23 adult patients with Lyme meningitis and 71 patients with tick-borne encephalitis were included in a prospective study and were followed up for one year. Diffuse alopecia occurred within three months after the outbreak of disease in 3 out of 23 (13%) patients with Lyme meningitis and in 40 out of 71 (56.3%) patients with tick-borne encephalitis. The mean duration of alopecia was 2 to 3 months and alopecia was reversible in all patients.
Cimperman
J
J
University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Maraspin
V
V
Lotric-Furlan
S
S
Ruzić-Sabljić
E
E
Avsic-Zupanc
T
T
Strle
F
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies