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An appraisal of the literature suggests that a wealth of cases have already been published.
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23 children with Lyme disease. Acute arthritis in 5 children with 3 involving the knee. Neurologic involvement in 39% of cases.
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| Case 22: |
Bell's palsy (unilateral or bilateral), aseptic meningitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, atypical radiculoneuropathy, presenile dementia, atypical myopathy, or symptoms of atypical rheumatoid arthritis.
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"9 developed widespread musculoskeletal pain, tender points, dysesthesias, memory difficulties, and debilitating fatigue a mean duration of 1.7 months after early Lyme disease".
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12 cases with encephalopathy, meningitis, or focal CNS disease confirmed by antibodies in the spinal fluid.
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8 children with neurologic features included headache (6), behavioral changes (5), facial palsy (2), papilledema (2), papilledema with diplopia (1), disturbance of sleep pattern (2), and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Two of 26 different B. burgdorferi sensu lato strains involved in Lyme disease are identifed as different genospecies (B. garinii and B. afzelii genospecies).
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Trial of Doxycyline 300 to 400 mg. per day and Amoxicilline 500 to 1000 mg three times a day may be effective followed by intravenous if oral antibiotics fail.
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"Approximately 10% of patients with Lyme disease in southern New England are coinfected with babesiosis [and Lyme disease] in sites where both diseases are zoonotic" 50% of coinfected patients were symptomatic for 3 months or longer. Coinfected patients were more likely to report fatigue, headache, sweats, chills, anorexia, emotional lability, nausea, conjunctivitis, and splenomegaly.
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8 of 18 subjects in a Belgium study infected by more than one genospecies.
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"When left untreated, silent babesial infection may persist for months or even years." "nfection may still persist and recrudesce and side effects are common."
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