A 13-year-old girl presented cutaneous lesions reminiscent of pityriasis lichenoides, associated with headache and fever. The clinical features raised the suspicion of Lyme borreliosis due to their occurrence three months after a trip in an endemic area. The diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis was confirmed by the demonstration of spirochete-like bodies inside the lesions with Warthin-Starry silver stain and by identifying B. burgdorferi flagellar genoma in the affected skin with polymerase-chain reaction. The authors discussed the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of this unique case of Lyme borreliosis.
Pityriasis lichenoides-like lesions with perifolliculitis in Lyme borreliosis / S. Menni, G. Pistritto, C. Gelmetti, G. Stanta, G. Trevisan. - In: PD. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY. - ISSN 1122-7788. - 4:2(1994), pp. 77-80.
Pityriasis lichenoides-like lesions with perifolliculitis in Lyme borreliosis
S. MenniPrimo
;C. Gelmetti;
1994
Abstract
A 13-year-old girl presented cutaneous lesions reminiscent of pityriasis lichenoides, associated with headache and fever. The clinical features raised the suspicion of Lyme borreliosis due to their occurrence three months after a trip in an endemic area. The diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis was confirmed by the demonstration of spirochete-like bodies inside the lesions with Warthin-Starry silver stain and by identifying B. burgdorferi flagellar genoma in the affected skin with polymerase-chain reaction. The authors discussed the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of this unique case of Lyme borreliosis.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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