Lyme Science Blog
Dr. Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH, is a nationally recognized leader for his expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. His weekly Lyme Disease Science blog features articles covering the latest research, insights and case reviews.
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Atypical Babesia symptoms in elderly man
In the article “An Atypical Case Presentation of Babesiosis,” Allen and colleagues describe a unique patient who contracted Babesiosis but
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Lyme disease can affect your eyes leading to various complications
Lyme disease is typically associated with flu-like symptoms or neurologic complications but an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent
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Case report: Lyme neuroborreliosis with encephalitis
A 74-year-old woman had been hospitalized four times over a period of three months. During these admissions, she was treated
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Woman develops Lyme disease symptoms after giving birth
A 23-year-old woman, who lived in Brooklyn, NY, had visited her primary care doctor complaining of bilateral knee swelling and
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Atypical case of Lyme carditis in Florida woman
According to the authors, this patient presented with myocarditis-predominant Lyme carditis without cardiac conduction abnormalities – an unusual presentation given
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Lyme arthritis and periprosthetic joint infections
In their article, “Medically Managed Lyme Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Case Report,” Saar et al. describe the case involving a
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Woman has multiple lone star tick bites after walk in park
A young woman presented to the emergency department with multiple tick bites and erythematous papules, along with headaches, fatigue and
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Case reports: Lyme disease infection causes carditis
In their article, “Lyme-Associated Pericarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review,” Ameer and colleagues describe an 18-year-old man who developed
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Autopsy reveals multiple Borrelia species in brain of man with chronic Lyme disease
In their article, “Concurrent Infection of the Human Brain with Multiple Borrelia Species,” Golovchenko and colleagues describe the case involving