title: [Acute urinary retention in a young woman with Lyme borreliosis].
abstract: Acute urinary retention (AUR) in females is a rare condition (annual incidence 3-7/100,000/year). In the past AUR was considered to be of psychogenic origin. Today diagnostic tools have improved and aetiologic factors for AUR are more easily diagnosed and managed. Causes of AUR can be of infectious, pharmacological, neurological, anatomical, myopathic and functional origin. We report a case of a woman aged 34 who presented with AUR caused by Lyme borreliosis. The patient fully recovered after intravenous antibiotic treatment and micturition returned to the habitual condition.
authors.affiliation: Urologisk Afdeling K, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, 8200 Aarhus N. pernille.skjold@stofanet.dk.
authors.forename: Pernille Skjold
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kingo
authors.forename: Allan Maltha
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ryhammer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014563:Urodynamics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone