title: Acute transverse myelitis in a child with Lyme disease and a review of literature.
abstract: Acute transverse myelitis is a rare Borellia burgdorferi-related neurologic complication in childhood. We present a 12-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis associated with a borreliosis infection. We also review clinical features in all five cases of Borellia burgdorferi-related transverse myelitis in children. We describe here the sixth child with borreliosis-related transverse myelitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey. ilknur_erol@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Buket
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kılıçarslan
authors.forename: Semra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saygi
authors.forename: Senay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Fusun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alehan
mesh_terms: D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*