Lyme Disease Presenting with Multiple Cranial Nerve Deficits: Report of a Case

Autor:	Abhishek Chaturvedi, Keith Baker, Donald Jeanmonod, Rebecca Jeanmonod
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid RC86-88.9
Zdroj:	Case Reports in Emergency Medicine, Vol 2016 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2090-648X 2090-6498
DOI:	10.1155/2016/7218906
Popis:	Lyme disease is a tick-transmitted multisystem inflammatory disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. With more than 25,000 CDC reported cases annually, it has become the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. We report a case of 38-year-old man with Lyme disease presenting with simultaneous palsy of 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th cranial nerves.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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