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Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in resolved erythema migrans lesions.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Aug 1995
Strle F, Cheng Y, Cimperman J, Maraspin V, Lotric-Furlan S, Nelson J A, Picken M M, Ruzic-Sabljic E, Picken R N
Abstract excerpt
Erythema migrans skin lesions resulting from a tick bite and infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato eventually resolve, even without antibiotic therapy. The aim of the present study was to gauge the frequency of persistence of B. burgdorferi sensu lato in such lesions. Thus, the site of a previous lesion was biopsied and cultured in 48 patients: 39 with systemic or localized symptoms/signs and nine with...
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