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Detecting the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, in Ticks Using Nested PCR
Published on: February 4, 2018
[Lyme Borreliosis in 2020 practice, from a dermatological point of view]
David Alvarez Martinez1, Reto Lienhard2, Laurence Toutous Trellu1
1Service de dermatologie, Département de médecine, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.
Abstract:
Lyme borreliosis is a frequent disease in Switzerland. Due to the increasing number of symptoms attributed to this infection, the diagnostic is often controversy between different specialists and is often a subject of discussion. The diagnostic of Lyme disease lays particularly on the knowledge of cutaneous signs which are the only specific. Despite recent scientific progress, microbiological diagnostic is still delicate and serological tests currently used do not differentiate between an active infection versus a serological marker. Here we describe the different clinical presentations of Lyme disease diagnosis and management procedures according to stages of evolution.
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