Lyme Disease in Taiwan: First Human Patient with Characteristic Erythema Chronicum Migrans Skin Lesion
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Erythema chronicum migrans.
An 18-year-old man with developmental disability presented with a circular, erythematous red rash (pictured) with central clearing that measured 5 cm in diameter. The rash developed on his abdomen 9 days after his father removed a small tick from the area where the rash appeared. His parents were unaware of how long the tick had been attached. The patient had several recent outdoor exposures wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.807-808.1998