Lyme borreliosis--waiting for Lyme carditis? A long-term prospective study.
A long-term prospective study of patients with confirmed non-cardiac form of Lyme disease (n=221) over a mean follow-up period of 40.6 months is reported. The study revealed no case of Borrelia-related cardiac involvement developed after several years in patients who had received antibiotic therapy in the early period. Therefore, these patients do not need follow-up by a cardiologist.
Bartůnek
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Fourth Medical Department of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General Teaching Hospital, Czech Republic. petr.bartunek@lf1.cuni.cz
Mrázek
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Gorican
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Varejka
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Bína
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Rozmarová
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Hulínská
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Janovská
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*