title: [Borreliosis--"the big imitator"--difficulties in diagnosis and differentiation of diseases].
abstract: Difficulties in the diagnostics and differential diagnosis of borreliosis were presented. The ways of infection, epidemiology as well as clinical picture were described. The pathogenesis of arthritis accompanying borreliosis and its place in the group of rheumatic diseases are mentioned in the article.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych i Farmakologii Klinicznej Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
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authors.lastname: Hrycek
mesh_terms: D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis