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[Acute temporomandibular joint arthritis after Lyme borreliosis]
1Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg. mkg@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Mund-, Kiefer- Und Gesichtschirurgie : MKG
|September 12, 2001
Abstract
Case Report:
This report is about a rare connection between Lyme disease and an inflammation of the left temporomandibular joint. In this case, an infection was documented in 1998, 5 years after contact with Borrelia burgdorferi. The patient, a 49-year-old female, first came to our department in 1999. She showed the symptoms of a left temporomandibular joint infection.
Therapy:
We suggested treatment with ceftriaxone 1 x 2 g/day i.v.