TY - JOUR
T1 - Occurrence of Borrelia garinii oculo-neuroborreliosis in Japan
AU - Yukitake, Motohiro
AU - Kuroda, Yasuo
AU - Kurohara, Kazuhiro
AU - Matsui, Makoto
AU - Yasuda, Akinari
AU - Matsui, Yoshie
AU - Oono, Shinji
AU - Kimura, Koichi
AU - Isogai, Emiko
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PY - 1996/10
Y1 - 1996/10
N2 - We report a 64-year-old Japanese man with oculo-neuroborreliosis. His clinical features consisted of polyarthralgia, keratoconjunctivitis, chorioretinitis, optic neuritis, confusion, and polyradiculitis. Assay of antibodies to Borrelia species detected IgG-antibody to B. garinii in both serum and CSF. Progressive declining of serum IgG antibody titer against Borrelia garinii, in parallel with clinical improvement, was observed after administration of ceftriaxone.
AB - We report a 64-year-old Japanese man with oculo-neuroborreliosis. His clinical features consisted of polyarthralgia, keratoconjunctivitis, chorioretinitis, optic neuritis, confusion, and polyradiculitis. Assay of antibodies to Borrelia species detected IgG-antibody to B. garinii in both serum and CSF. Progressive declining of serum IgG antibody titer against Borrelia garinii, in parallel with clinical improvement, was observed after administration of ceftriaxone.
KW - Borrelia garinii
KW - Lyme disease
KW - oculo-neuroborreliosis
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00212-2
DO - 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00212-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 8902739
AN - SCOPUS:0030271994
SN - 0022-510X
VL - 142
SP - 160
EP - 161
JO - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
JF - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
IS - 1-2
ER -