Author/Editor     Arnež, Maja; Ružić-Sabljić, Eva
Title     Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato bacteremia in Slovenian children with solitaryand multiple erythema migrans
Type     članek
Vol. and No.     Letnik 30, št. 6
Publication year     2011
Volume     str. 988-990
ISSN     0891-3668 - The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Language     eng
Abstract     To establish the frequency and characteristics of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato bacteremia in Slovenian children with solitary and multiple erythema migrans, 1164 patients were included in this prospective study. Bacteremia wasestablished in 11.4% of all patients, 15.8% of patients with multiple erythema migrans, and in 7.6% of patients with solitary erythema migrans. Bacteremia can be detected in children, with untreated erythema migrans, up to39 days after the onset of skin rash.
Keywords     infectious diseases
borrelia burgdorferi
lato bacteremia
erythema migrans