title: [Specific features of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in children].
abstract: Clinical picture of Borrelia burgdorferi infection has been presented in 89 children from Lodz region. The analysis showed significant domination of cases with non specific symptoms (41.6%) as: fever or headache and cases with affected central and peripheral nervous system (30.3%). Peripheral cranial nerves paralysis and symptoms of cerebrospinal meningitis dominated among children with neuroborreliosis. Unlike descriptions concerning adults, majority of the observed symptoms were changes characteristic for I stage of the disease. Dermatosis was found only in (19%) child and symptoms of arthritis in (9%) of them. Contact with tick was stated in 56.8% of the analysed children. Incidence of the disease occurred throughout the whole year, more frequently in summer and autumn months.
authors.affiliation: III Klinika Pediatrii, Instytut "Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki" w Lodzi.
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andrzejewski
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woźniakowska-Gésicka
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiśniewska-Ligier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons