Abstract
Spirochetemia in US patients with extracutaneous manifestations of Lyme disease is not well documented. In this study, blood culture results were positive for 5 (19.2%; 95% confidence interval, 6.6%-39.4%) of 26 untreated adult patients with extracutaneous manifestations but only for patients with clinical evidence for a short duration of infection.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
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Borrelia burgdorferi / physiology
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Erythema Chronicum Migrans / microbiology
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Erythema Chronicum Migrans / pathology
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Female
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Humans
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Lyme Disease / blood*
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Lyme Disease / microbiology
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Lyme Disease / pathology*
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Lyme Neuroborreliosis / blood
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Lyme Neuroborreliosis / microbiology
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Lyme Neuroborreliosis / pathology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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United States