Erythema Migrans: Course and Outcome in Patients Treated With Rituximab
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Evolution of the serologic response to Borrelia burgdorferi in treated patients with culture-confirmed erythema migrans.
We investigated the appearance and evolution of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in 46 patients with culture-proven erythema migrans (EM). All patients received antimicrobial treatment and were prospectively evaluated for up to 1 year. A total of 257 serially collected serum samples were tested by commercial IgG-IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and separate...
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2 mm thickness [1] . It is a relatively specific sign for cryptogenic organizing pneumonia [1, 2] , but the differential diagnosis list should also include: bacterial pneumonia, lymphomatoid granulomatosis, Wegener’s granulomatosis, tuberculosis, mucormycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, sarcoidosis, cancer and pulmonary infarction. Although the pathogenesis of the ‘reversed halo sign’ is not yet u...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz292