FALSE NEGATIVE WESTERN BLOT OBSCURING A CASE OF LYME CARDITIS

Lyme carditis: a United Kingdom perspective.

Early recognition and management of Lyme carditis

A 20-year-old man presented to the emergency department with 2 weeks of migratory arthralgias and several macular blanching rashes. A photograph taken by the patient upon initial eruption of the rash was presented during evaluation (Fig. 1). The lesions were suspicious for erythema migrans (Fig. 2). Upon review of systems, the patient earlier reported a brief episode of palpitations. Electrocar...

Lyme Carditis in an Immunocompromised Patient

We present a case of a 68-year-old man with a history of liver transplant and of chronic immunosuppression therapy who presented to the emergency department (ED) for fevers and worsening fatigue for two days. On further investigation, the patient was found to have a new first-degree heart block on his electrocardiograph. Coupled with the history of a recent tick bite, the patient was diagnosed ...

Lyme Carditis Buried Beneath ST-Segment Elevations

Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and is carried to human hosts by infected ticks. There are nearly 30,000 cases of Lyme disease reported to the CDC each year, with 3-4% of those cases reporting Lyme carditis. The most common manifestation of Lyme carditis is partial heart block following bacterial-induced inflammation of the conducting nodes. Here we report a 45-yea...

Acute heart failure from lyme carditis.

Case Report A 47-year-old woman presented with subacute fever, erythema migrans-like rash, shortness of breath, and spells of dizziness that had progressed to “blackouts.” At admission, complete atrioventricular (AV) block was present (Figure 1A), and ceftriaxone 1g was given initially for suspected Lyme disease. Within 6 hours of antimicrobial treatment, she developed polymorphic ventricular t...