title: Blood cultures for patients with extracutaneous manifestations of Lyme disease in the United States.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. john_nowakowski@nymc.edu
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nowakowski
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Nadelman
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bittker
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pavia
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holmgren
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Visintainer
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Wormser
mesh_terms: 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