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Stroke due to Lyme disease
1Department of Neurology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-1845.
Neurology
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 56-year-old Connecticut woman suffered multiple strokes 18 months after antibiotic treatment for early Lyme disease with facial palsy. Pleocytosis, intrathecal synthesis of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibody, and the response to antibiotic treatment substantiated the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis. This is the first report of stroke caused by Lyme disease acquired in North America.