Is It Really Lyme? Lyme Meningitis and Emerging Neuroborreliosis

Join experts Drs Felicia Chow and Karen Roos as they discuss the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme meningitis and other emerging neuroborreliosis.

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Resources

Lyme Disease https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/330178-overview

Epidemiology of Lyme Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36116831/

Regions Where Ticks Live https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html

Arboviral Central Nervous System Infections https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33899755/

Lyme Neuroborreliosis: Known Knowns, Known Unknowns https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980395_5

Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis Level as a Diagnostic Predictor? A Cross-sectional Study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28855847/

Mononeuritis Multiplex https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/316024-overview

Peripheral Neuropathy https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/peripheral-neuropathy

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555922/

Lyme Disease Workup https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/330178-workup

Western Blot https://www.proteinatlas.org/learn/method/western+blot

Tabes Dorsalis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557891/

Lyme Central Nervous System Infection IgG With Antibody Index Reflex, Serum and Spinal Fluid https://microbiology.testcatalog.org/show/LNBAB

Preventing Tick Bites https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/prev/index.html

Hard Tick Relapsing Fever https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases/hard-tick-relapsing-fever.html

Rituximab https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK564374/