Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Rheumatology and Medical Rehabilitation, cilt.12, sa.2, ss.133-135, 2001 (Scopus)
Lyme Disease caused by the tick-borne spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ise now recognized as a multisystem disorder with worldwide distribution. Musculoskeletal involvement, particularly arthritis, is a common feature of lyme disease. Early in the illness, patients may have migratory musculoskeletal pain in joints, bursae, tendons, muscle or bone in one or a few locations at a time, frequently lasting only hours or days. Weeks to months later, after development of a marked cellular and humoral immune response to the spirochaete, untreated patients often have intermittent or chronic monoarticular or oligoarticular arthritis. This case report describes a patient with Lyme arthritis. In the arthritis with unknown etiology, the Lyme disease must be throught in the differential diagnosis.