Neuroborreliosis en Chile: caso pediátrico de probable adquisición por mascotas importadas / Neuroborreliosis in Chile: pediatric case probably due to imported pets
Rev. méd. Chile
;
124(8): 975-9, ago. 1996.
Artigo
em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Lyme disease, caused by spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, has several clinical manifestations and is transmitted to man by tick bites. In Chile and Latin America, several cases have been reported, but none with inmunoblot confirmation or isolation of the infecting organism. We report a 9 year old boy consulting with bilateral facila palsy, polyradiculoneuritis with tetraparesis and meningeal irritation. Cerebrospinal fluis analysis showed increased protein concentration without pleocytosis and negative viral or bacterial cultures. IgM antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi, were positive by ELISA and were confirmed by immunoblot at the Reference Laboratory of the University of Connecticut. The child had a recent contact with hamsters brought from Germany. The substantiation of Lyme disease existence in Chile should prompt the search and isolation of the causal agent
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Assunto principal:
Doença de Lyme
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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Manifestações Neurológicas
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Criança
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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