Picture of Lyme Disease Lyme disease is transmitted through a bite from a specific type of tick. The animals that most often carry these insects are white-footed field mice, deer, raccoons, opossums, skunks, weasels, foxes, shrews, moles, chipmunks, squirrels and horses. The majority of ...
[Rickettsiosis after tick bite: A subtle clinic picture on many occasions, we must be vigilant]doi:10.1016/j.eimce.2017.01.026Maria Laura Monterde-lvarezClara Calbet-FerréNeus Rius-GordilloIsabel Pujol-BajadorFrederic Ballester-Bastardie
Information about tick bite was obtained in only 1/3 of our patients. Specific antibodies were found in 3/4 by flourescent antibody test, oligoclonal bands in 1/2, and signs of inflammation in cerebrospinal fluid in 1/3 of patients. The majority had favourable reaction to antibiotic therapy....
Rickettsiosis after tick bite: A subtle clinic picture on many occasions, we must be vigilantRickettsiosisMediterranean spotted feverTIBOLARickettsia diseases are a group of tick-borne transmitted diseases, classified into 2 large groups: spotted fevers and typhus fevers. In addition, a new ...
Pauls AuceSanjeev RajakulendranAlexander NesbittRoger ChinnAngus KennedyBMJ Publishing Group LtdJournal of Neurology Neurosurgery & PsychiatryAuce P., Rajakulendran S., Nesbitt A., Chinn R, et al. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia following African tick bite fever . J Neurol Neurosurg 2011; 82 :681...
One of the less common presentations is an APMPPE-like picture. The clinician should suspect acute Borreliosis infection in patients presenting with APMPPE, especially when there is a history of a tick bite, when the patient has systemic symptoms, or when living in/visiting endemic areas. This ...
Conclusions: It is important to emphasize that in the case of APMPPE it is necessary to exclude concomitant infections, especially ocular borreliosis, particularly in the case of a tick or any bug bite, even in cases when the patients do not remember the bug bite. In those circumstances the ...