Analysis of cases of Lyme arthritis in patients hospitalized in Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital in Cracow.
Folia Med Cracov
; 59(1): 5-14, 2019.
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| ID: mdl-31180072
ABSTRACT
Lyme disease is an emerging problem in Poland. Analysis has been undertaken of the medical documentation of 86 patients hospitalized in the Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital in Cracow in 2013-2016, suspected of Lyme arthritis. It has especially considered medical history including potential exposure to the infection, detailed characteristics of the symptoms, diagnostic challenges and results of the treatment. Only some patients had a history of erythema migrans and not all of them recalled tick-bite. The majority of the patients had affected large joints, especially knee joints, and polyarthritis was rarely observed. Symptoms were resolved completely or partially after antibiotic treatment in most patients. The diagnosis of Lyme arthritis in areas endemic for Lyme disease is still a diagnostic challenge in patients with other rheumatic diseases, including osteoarthritis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Lyme Disease
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Arthritis, Infectious
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Erythema Chronicum Migrans
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Folia Med Cracov
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Polonia