title: Orofacial symptoms related to boreliosis--case report.
abstract: Lyme disease (borreliosis) is an infectious disease caused by the Borrelia spirochaetes, usually transmitted to humans by the Ixodes ticks. It is manifested by a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms varying according to the time elapsed from the infection. The paper describes orofacial symptoms of the disease in a woman who has suffered from a chronic borreliosis for 3 years. Multiorgan clinical manifestations of borreliosis might occur in the masticatory organ and this fact should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of pain by medical and dental practitioners.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wolańska-Klimkiewicz
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szymańska
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bachanek
mesh_terms: D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged