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9799988

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
A total of 2055 consecutive vertigo patients were examined in a prospective study in an area endemic for Lyme borreliosis for clinical signs of Lyme borreliosis or serum antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi. Of these, 41 patients (2%) had positive levels of serum antibodies against B. burgdorferi. The incidence of seropositivity against B. burgdorferi among the vertigo patients did not differ from the incidence of the normal Finnish population. In addition to seropositivity the criteria used for Lyme borreliosis included previous erythema migrans, a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or positive serum immunoblot. Eight patients were diagnosed as having Lyme borreliosis. This disease is a rare but possible cause of vertigo. Seropositivity alone is an insufficient finding for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis and should be supported by the clinical findings, the patient's history and other laboratory findings, such as immunoblotting or PCR. Although Lyme borreliosis seems to be a rare cause of vertigo, it must be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of vertigo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0385-8146
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
233-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Lyme borreliosis--an unusual cause of vertigo.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. miikkap@nekku.pp.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports