შეჯამება
განსაზღვრება
ანამნეზი და გასინჯვა
ძირითადი დიაგნოსტიკური ფაქტორები
- erythema migrans
- constitutional symptoms
სხვა დიაგნოსტიკური ფაქტორები
- facial palsy
- arthritis or arthralgia
- regional lymphadenopathy
- stiff neck
- lymphocytoma cutis
- acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
- atrioventricular (AV) block or myopericarditis
- radiculoneuropathy
- encephalomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, encephalopathy
რისკფაქტორები
- exposure to infected ticks
- outdoor activities
- tick bite duration
დიაგნოსტიკური კვლევები
1-ად შესაკვეთი გამოკვლევები
- enzyme immunoassay or immunofluorescence assay
გასათვალისწინებელი კვლევები
- Lyme-specific IgM and IgG (immunoblot assays)
- skin biopsy culture
- polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
- ECG
მკურნალობის ალგორითმი
known high risk tick bite
erythema migrans
cardiac involvement
neurologic disease
arthritis
recurrent or persistent arthritis
კონტრიბუტორები
ავტორები
Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Division of Infectious Diseases
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield
IL
გაფრთხილება:
JK declares that he has no competing interests.
მადლიერება
Dr Janak Koirala would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Tin Han Htwe and Dr Cristian A. Spiel, previous contributors to this topic.
გაფრთხილება:
THH and CAS declare that they have no competing interests.
რეცენზენტები
Raymond J. Dattwyler, MD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology
Chief of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
New York Medical College
Valhalla
NY
გაფრთხილება:
RJD declares that he has no competing interests.
Ionita Catalina, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
SUNY at Buffalo
Stroke/Neurocritical Care
Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital - Kaleida Stroke Center
Buffalo
NY
გაფრთხილება:
IC declares that she has no competing interests.
Graham Fry, MB, FRCSI, DTM&H
Lecturer in Tropical Medicine
University College Dublin
Medical Director
Tropical Medical Bureau
Ireland
Disclosures
GF declares that he has no competing interests.
Andras Lakos, MD, PhD
Physician
Centre for Tick-Borne Diseases
Budapest
Hungary
Disclosures
AL is an author of a reference cited in this topic.
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References
Key articles
Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, et al. Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 23;72(1):e1-48.Full text Abstract
Mead P, Petersen J, Hinckley A. Updated CDC recommendation for serologic diagnosis of lyme disease. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Aug 16;68(32):703.Full text Abstract
Mygland A, Ljøstad U, Fingerle V, et al; European Federation of Neurological Societies. EFNS guidelines on the diagnosis and management of European Lyme neuroborreliosis. Eur J Neurol. 2010 Jan;17(1):8-16;e1-4.Full text Abstract
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Lyme disease. Oct 2018 [internet publication].Full text
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