title: Is neuroborreliosis a medical emergency?
abstract: Although Lyme disease affects the nervous system in many ways (collectively known as neuroborreliosis), only rarely does it present as a medical emergency. In extreme cases, it may cause (1) encephalitis, (2) a rapidly progressive peripheral neuropathy, or (3) a painful truncal radiculopathy that may be confused with a severe visceral process. Knowing when to consider this spirochetosis in the differential diagnosis requires an understanding of its true clinical spectrum, and of an appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic approach.
authors.affiliation: NYU School of Medicine, Great Neck, NY, USA. Halperin@LINeuro.com
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Halperin
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group; D016638:Critical Illness; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000382:microbiology