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Lyme arthritis in Southern Norway - an endemic area for Lyme Borreliosis

2014

Published version of an article in the journal: BMC Infectious Diseases. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-185 Open Access Background: Despite Southern Norway is an endemic area for Lyme borreliosis there is a lack of data on Lyme arthritis (LA). In the literature controversies exist if acute LA can develop into chronic arthritis. Our objective was to identify and characterize patients with LA in Southern Norway and explore disease course after antibiotic treatment.Methods: Patients aged 20 years or older with arthritis and a positive serology for Borrelia burgdorferi infection (IgG and/or IgM) suspected of having LA were consecutively recruited ei…

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