Spirochetal organisms were sought in 18 skin and 4 synovial membrane specimens obtained by biopsy from 22 Lyme disease patients. The presence of spirochetes in body tissues was histologically demonstrated in one patient with lymphadenosis benigna cutis, one patient with acrodermatitis chronica atrop
Persistence of borrelia burgdorferi in ligamentous tissue from a patient with chronic lyme borreliosis
✍ Scribed by Thomas Häupl; Gabriele Hahn; Michael Rittig; Andreas Krause; Christoph Schoerner; Ulrich Schönherr; Joachim R. Kalden; Gerd R. Burmester
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 904 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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