Publication: Meninjit Ve Ensefalit Bulguları İle Karakterize Bir Lyme Meninjiti Olgusu
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Lyme hastalığı bir çok hastalığı taklit edebileceğinden tanısı güçtür. Tanı; karakteristik klinik bulgular, endemik alanda bulunma ve seroloji ile konur. Semptom ve bulgular spesifik olmadığında klinik deneyim çok öne çıkmaktadır. Akut infeksiyonun tanısında serolojik testler çok güvenilir olmasa da ELISA pozitifliklerinin Western blot ile doğrulanması önerilmektedir. Bu makalede serolojik olarak ELISA ve Western blot ile doğrulanmış, meninjit ve ensefalit bulguları ile karakterize Lyme meninjiti tanısı alan 34 yaşında bir kadın hasta sunulmuştur. Olgu, doksisiklin sağaltımı ile iyileşmiştir.
The diagnosis of Lyme disease is based primarily on the presence of a characteristic clinical picture, exposure in an endemic area, and an elevated antibody response to Borrelia burgdorferi. In serologic testing for Lyme disease, ELISA- positive specimens should be confirmed with Western blotting. In this article, a 34-year-old female patient with Lyme meningitis is presented. She had clinically typical finding of meningoencephalitis. The diagnosis was confirmed with serological tests, namely, ELISA and Western blotting. She recovered completely with doxycycline therapy.
The diagnosis of Lyme disease is based primarily on the presence of a characteristic clinical picture, exposure in an endemic area, and an elevated antibody response to Borrelia burgdorferi. In serologic testing for Lyme disease, ELISA- positive specimens should be confirmed with Western blotting. In this article, a 34-year-old female patient with Lyme meningitis is presented. She had clinically typical finding of meningoencephalitis. The diagnosis was confirmed with serological tests, namely, ELISA and Western blotting. She recovered completely with doxycycline therapy.
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