Nearly everybody knows that tick bites pose the risk of Borrelia infections. However, the unpleasant tease may also cause other diseases, such as anaplasmosis, whose prevalence rises. Anaplasma phagocytophilum, a bacterium belonging to the group of rickettsials, can be transferred to humans as well as dogs and horses by the tick Ixodes ricinus. This species […]
Every once in a while, physicians face a patient with rather unspecific symptoms of exhaustion, sore muscles and joints, bad headache and sometimes even neurological deficits and paralysis. Only if the patient remembers or if the physician explicitly asks, may the cause be rapidly found: a tick bite – an indication that the person may be infected with Borrelia and is suffering from
A fictional story … Diffuse complaints … Since weeks Lisa M. (36) feels exhausted, has aching legs and arms and has developed a fever. Initially, of course, she thought she had the flu. After a while she felt better. But now, the pain has come back: She has burning pain in her muscles and joints, especially
Diagnosis of acute Lyme neuroborreliosis Since 2005, the chemotactic cytokine (chemokine) CXCL13 has been considered a potential biomarker for acute Lyme neuroborreliosis [1, 2]. Lyme neuroborreliosis is the neurological manifestation of tick-borne Lyme disease which is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and frequently occurs in the northern hemisphere. Symptomes of Lyme neuroborreliosis include inflammation of the central nervous system
