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Chronic muscle weakness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi meningoradiculitis
J H Wokke1, J de Koning, G Stanek
1University Department of Neurology, Academic Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Annals of Neurology
|September 1, 1987
Abstract:
A 19-year-old man developed chronic weakness of the lower limbs as the predominant manifestation of Borrelia burgdorferi infection of the nervous system. Spirochetes were demonstrated in the cerebrospinal fluid. The condition resolved following intravenous penicillin treatment.