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Vasculitis-like syndrome associated with Borrelia lusitaniae infection.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Dec 2008
de Carvalho I Lopes, Fonseca J E, Marques J G, Ullmann A, Hojgaard A, Zeidner N, Núncio M S
Abstract excerpt
We report the isolation of Borrelia lusitaniae from a 13-year-old female child presenting with a vasculitis syndrome. The patient was treated with doxycycline, 100 mg bid for 20 days, and is in remission after a follow-up of 2 years. These results should alert clinicians to the fact that B. lusitaniae may be pathogenic in humans, highlighting that patients may be seronegative or present with minimal positive...
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