European Lyme Borreliosis: 231 Culture-Confirmed Cases Involving Patients with Erythema Migrans
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European Lyme borreliosis: 231 culture-confirmed cases involving patients with erythema migrans.
In 1994, we isolated Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from 231 patients with erythema migrans who presented to the University Medical Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Samples of erythema migrans-affected skin were placed in media to support the growth of Borrelia species and evaluated in Ljubljana and Chicago. Patients whose cultures were positive included 132 women and 99 men; 136 of these 231 pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.1.61