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: Received: 8 December 2023 / Approved: 11 December 2023 / Online: 11 December 2023 (19:21:49 CET)
How to cite:
Soni, Z.; Teraiya, T.; Gami, V.; Shah, S.; Desai, D. Lyme Disease in an Indian Male: A Rare Case of a Common Western Disease. Preprints2023, 2023120735. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0735.v1
Soni, Z.; Teraiya, T.; Gami, V.; Shah, S.; Desai, D. Lyme Disease in an Indian Male: A Rare Case of a Common Western Disease. Preprints 2023, 2023120735. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0735.v1
Soni, Z.; Teraiya, T.; Gami, V.; Shah, S.; Desai, D. Lyme Disease in an Indian Male: A Rare Case of a Common Western Disease. Preprints2023, 2023120735. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0735.v1
APA Style
Soni, Z., Teraiya, T., Gami, V., Shah, S., & Desai, D. (2023). Lyme Disease in an Indian Male: A Rare Case of a Common Western Disease. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0735.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Soni, Z., Sahil Shah and Dev Desai. 2023 "Lyme Disease in an Indian Male: A Rare Case of a Common Western Disease" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0735.v1
Abstract
Borreliosis is a widely spreading bacterial infection caused by corkscrew-shaped spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted via the bite of an infected tick. The disease manifests in three stages: early localized, early disseminated, and late stages. Clinical symptoms range from non-specific erythema migrans, fever, fatigue, etc. to system-specific features like carditis, peripheral nerve palsy, etc. The diagnosis mainly relies on clinical findings and serologic testing is done for disease confirmation. The treatment of Lyme disease is an antibiotic with doxycycline as the primary choice. Prophylactic doxycycline is given under specific criteria. Here, we describe a case of a 64-year-old Indian male diagnosed with Lyme disease.
Keywords
Lyme Disease; Indian male; Treatment
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Internal Medicine
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