Cerebrospinal fluid immune complexes in patients exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi: Detection of Borrelia-specific and -nonspecific complexes

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA an

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA and complement membrane attack complex deposits in the sural nerve of a patient with chronic polyneuropathy and tertiary lyme disease

✍ Davide Maimone; Marcello Villanova; Giorgio Stanta; Serena Bonin; Alessandro Mal 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 684 KB

We report a patient who developed a chronic sensory-motor polyneuropathy and a progressive myelopathy 4 years after a tick bite. An increased serum antibody titer to Borrelia burgdorferi suggested a diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis, although a concomitant cervical spondylosis probably contributed