Borrelia meningoencephalomyelitis
Borrelia meningoencephalomyelitis
Evaluation of brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid with broadly reactive polymerase chain reaction for Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, spotted fever group Rickettsia, Bartonella, and Borrelia species in canine neurological diseases (109 cases).
Barber RM, Li Q, Diniz PP, Porter BF, Breitschwerdt EB, Claiborne MK, Birkenheuer AJ, Levine JM, Levine GJ, Chandler K, Kenny P, Nghiem P, Wei S, Greene CE, Kent M, Platt SR, Greer K, Schatzberg SJ.
J Vet Intern Med. 2010 Mar-Apr;24(2):372-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0466.x.
PMID: 20102497 Free article.
BACKGROUND: Vector-transmitted microorganisms in the genera Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Rickettsia, Bartonella, and Borrelia are commonly suspected in dogs with meningoencephalomyelitis (MEM), but the prevalence of these pathogens in brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102497/
Central nervous system infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. Clinico-pathological correlation of three post-mortem cases.
Bertrand E, Szpak GM, Piłkowska E, Habib N, Lipczyńska-Lojkowska W, Rudnicka A, Tylewska-Wierzbanowska S, Kulczycki J.
Folia Neuropathol. 1999;37(1):43-51.
PMID: 10337063
The spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi) may cause severe meningoencephalomyelitis as the sole manifestation of Lyme borreliosis.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10337063/
Pincemaille O, Pin I, Wroblewski I, François P, Gratacap B, Joannard A, Bost M.
Arch Fr Pediatr. 1990 Jan;47(1):39-41.
PMID: 2322077 French.
The diagnosis was proved serologically by high antibody titers against Borrelia burgdorferi (BB) in the serum (1:5, 120) and CSF (1:1,280).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2322077/
[Meningoencephalomyelitis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi: a case without epidemiologic history or chronic migratory erythema].
Ponz E, Graus F, Alvarez R, Sarmiento X, Vidal J, Grau JM.
Med Clin (Barc). 1989 Sep 9;93(6):218-20.
PMID: 2601480 Spanish.
A patient is reported with meningoencephalomyelitis with polyradiculitis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Neurological features developed without previously known tick bite nor the characteristic skin lesion, chronic migratory erythema (CME). ...Our case st...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2601480/
Kohler J, Kern U, Kasper J, Rhese-Küpper B, Thoden U.
Neurology. 1988 Jun;38(6):863-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.38.6.863.
PMID: 3368066
We describe four patients with marked chronic meningoencephalomyelitis caused by tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi infection. ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3368066/
Benoit P, Dournon E, Masingue M, Destee A, Warot P.
Presse Med. 1987 Oct 24;16(35):1733-6.
PMID: 2962086 French.
Anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies were present in blood (1/4000) and in CSF (1/1024). With antibiotics (penicillin G 20 millions units per day for 10 days, followed by latamoxef 1.5 g per day for 3 months) and prednisone (50 mg per day for 2 months), the cerebellar sign …
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2962086/