[Clinical characteristics and perplexities in the treatment of chronic Lyme borreliosis]. / Neke klinicke karakteristike i nedoumice u lecenju hronicne lajmske borelioze.

ABSTRACT

The frequency of symptoms and signs in 52 patients with chronic Lyme borreliosis was analyzed in the study. The significantly higher frequency of headache, myalgias, cranial neuritis, chronic dermatitis, ataxia and arrhythmia (p < 0.05) was found in the group of untreated (n = 31) in the early phase compared to the frequency of the same symptoms in the group that was treated (n = 21). The neuropathy of sensitive type was more frequently noticed in that group (p < 0.01). The treatment of patients with Lyme borreliosis in the early stage should be started as soon as possible and should be performed until the probable elimination of significant decrease of causative agents number in the tissues.