Lyme disease. First reported case in Sicily

Ital J Neurol Sci. 1991 Feb;12(1):105-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02337622.

Abstract

Recently many cases of Lyme disease have been described in Italy. The patients come prevalently from Friuli Venezia Giulia and the eastern Ligurian Coast. Isolated cases have been diagnosed in other parts of northern Italy and in the central regions. We describe the first Sicilian case, concluding that Lyme borreliosis may well be widely distributed in our country.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Italien
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis*
  • Lyme Disease / drug therapy
  • Lyme Disease / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Penicillin G / therapeutic use
  • Prevalence
  • Sicily

Substances

  • Penicillin G