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Seronegative Lyme arthritis

Holl-Wieden A, Suerbaum S, Girschick HJ2007Rheumatology InternationalJournal Article
10.1007/s00296-007-0333-6PubMed
Immune/InnateMusculoskeletal
Lyme & Co-Infections

Abstract

We present a 10-year-old girl who had been diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis 5 years before and who experienced a flare of arthritis affecting one knee while she was off medication for almost 3 years. Seronegative Lyme arthritis had to be diagnosed based on the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in synovial fluid. No humoral immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi was detectable before, at the time of diagnosis and up to 3 years later.

Key Biomarkers

Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in synovial fluid

Symptom Clusters

Arthritis

References (1)

  • Borrelia burgdorferi–Specific Immune Complexes in Acute Lyme DiseaseJAMA · 1999

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