Author/Editor		Strle, Franc; Videčnik, Jerneja; Zorman, Peter; Cimperman, Jože; Lotrič-Furlan, Stanka; Maraspin, Vera
Title		Clinical and epidemiological findings for patients with erythema migrans: comparison of cohorts from the years 1993 and 2000
Type		članek
Source		Wien Klin Wochenschr
Vol. and No.		Letnik 114, št. 13-14
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 493-7
Language		eng
Abstract		Objectives: i) To present clinical and epidemiological findings on adult patients diagnosed with typical erythema migrans (EM) at our institution during the year 2000 and ii) To compare the findings with data obtained by the same approach for an identical group of patients from 1993, with the aim of testing the hypothesis that, because of increased knowledge of Lyme borreliosis in 2000 compared with 1993, patients will visit us earlier and consequently present with smaller skin lesions. Patients and methods: Patients who qualified for inclusion in the study were adults diagnosed with typical EM in 2000 and 1993 at the Lyme borreliosis Outpatients' Clinic, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Epidemiological and clinical data were obtained from a questionnaire.Results: In 2000, 535 patients had typical EM: 309 (57.8%) females and 226 (42.2%) males, aged 15-80 (median 47) years. Tick bite at the site of later EM was recalled by 311 (58.1 %) patients a median of 14 days before the onset of the skin lesion, which was localised on the legs in 55.7% of patients. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters)
Descriptors		ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS TICKS BITES AND STINGS ADULT AGE FACTORS SEASONS