Internet-based self-diagnosis of Lyme disease caused death in a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus

Joint Bone Spine. 2019 Oct;86(5):650-651. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2018.12.011. Epub 2019 Jan 17.
No abstract available

Keywords: Autoimmunity; Borrelia; IVF; Lyme disease; Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome; SLE; Self-diagnosis; Systemic lupus erythematosus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cause of Death
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Lyme Disease / complications
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis*