[European aspects of Lyme disease. 8 cases]

A case of meningo-radiculitis consecutive to tick bite with isolation, for the first time in France, of a Borrelia burgdorferi strain prompted us to review the records of patients admitted to our hospital department with Lyme disease. Meningo-radiculitis was the predominant feature of the clinical syndrome. It seems to be one of the usual forms of Lyme disease in Europe.