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 |