Blood cultures for patients with extracutaneous manifestations of Lyme disease in the United States.
Spirochetemia in US patients with extracutaneous manifestations of Lyme disease is not well documented. In this study, blood culture results were positive for 5 (19.2%; 95% confidence interval, 6.6%-39.4%) of 26 untreated adult patients with extracutaneous manifestations but only for patients with clinical evidence for a short duration of infection.
Nowakowski
John
J
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. john_nowakowski@nymc.edu
McKenna
Donna
D
Nadelman
Robert B
RB
Bittker
Susan
S
Cooper
Denise
D
Pavia
Charles
C
Holmgren
Diane
D
Visintainer
Paul
P
Wormser
Gary P
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D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000502:physiology; D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States