[Acute temporomandibular joint arthritis after Lyme borreliosis].
METHODS
This report is about a rare connection between Lyme disease and an inflammation of the left temporomandibular joint. In this case, an infection was documented in 1998, 5 years after contact with Borrelia burgdorferi. The patient, a 49-year-old female, first came to our department in 1999. She showed the symptoms of a left temporomandibular joint infection.


METHODS
We suggested treatment with ceftriaxone 1 x 2 g/day i.v.
Vesper
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Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg. mkg@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Röder
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Siegert
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Friedrich
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Schmelzle
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed