Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA an
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Davide Maimone; Marcello Villanova; Giorgio Stanta; Serena Bonin; Alessandro Mal
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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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