Lyme Disease Presenting with Multiple Cranial Nerve Deficits: Report of a Case
Autor: | Abhishek Chaturvedi, Keith Baker, Donald Jeanmonod, Rebecca Jeanmonod |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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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. |
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