Executive summary of the consensus statement of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC), Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN), Spanish Society of Immunology (SEI), Spanish Society of Pediatric Infectology (SEIP), Spanish Society of Rheumatology (SER), and Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV), on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Lyme borreliosis

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2023 Jan;41(1):40-45. doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2022.11.011.

Abstract

The diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis (LB) is based on the epidemiological history, clinical manifestations and microbiological findings in the early disseminated and late phases of the disease. Related to this fact, microbiological diagnostic techniques have recently appeared. Far from facilitating the diagnosis and the clinical-therapeutic management of LB patients, they are generating confusion. Herein, experts and representatives of Spanish Scientific Societies [Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC), Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN), Spanish Society of Immunology (SEI), Spanish Society of Pediatric Infectology (SEIP), Spanish Society of Rheumatology (SER), and Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV)] exposed the executive summary after reviewing the epidemiology, clinical spectrum, available diagnostic techniques for the diagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi infection, therapeutic and prevention options of LB. By consensus, recommendations for microbiological diagnosis are offered together with those supporting the therapeutic management and prophylaxis of infection.

Keywords: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Borreliosis de Lyme, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Consenso; Consensus; Directrices; España; Guidelines; Lyme borreliosis; Spain.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Communicable Diseases*
  • Dermatology*
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease* / epidemiology
  • Rheumatology*
  • Venereology*