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Borrelia burgdorferi causes prosthetic joint infection

In their case report “Borrelia burgdorferi—A Bacterium Worthy of Consideration in Culture-Negative Prosthetic Joint Infection,” Crowe and colleagues describe a patient who developed a prosthetic joint infection due to Borrelia burgdorferi. [1]

Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection triggers encephalitis

Anaplasmosis rarely causes neurologic complications. But the authors of a new study, describe a patient who developed encephalitis due to an infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. This is believed to be the first case reported in the literature of Anaplasma encephalitis.