ArticleBMC infectious diseases2014
Lyme arthritis in Southern Norway--an endemic area for Lyme borreliosis.
Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07351721 (Borrelia Arthritis - a Hidden Cause of Arthritis in Danish Patients? Sub-study 1), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Borrelia Arthritis - a Hidden Cause of Arthritis in Danish Patients? Sub-study 1:Incidence&Outcomes Sub-study 2:Characterisation
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Differentiating Lyme arthritis: a case-based review.Rheumatology international · 2024Pooled it
- Lyme arthritis in Western Europe: a multicentre retrospective study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2022Observational
- Lyme Disease in Humans.Current issues in molecular biology · 2021Article
- Lyme neuroborreliosis and bird populations in northern Europe.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundDespite Southern Norway is an endemic area for Lyme borreliosis there is a lack of data on Lyme arthritis (LA). In the literature controversies exist if acute LA can develop into chronic arthritis. Our objective was to identify and characterize patients with LA in Southern Norway and explore disease course after antibiotic treatment.
methodsPatients aged 20 years or older with arthritis and a positive serology for Borrelia burgdorferi infection (IgG and/or IgM) suspected of having LA were consecutively recruited either from general practitioners or from hospital departments.
resultsFrom January 2007 to December 2010 a total of 27 patients were assessed. Mean (range) age was 56 years (41-80) and mean symptom duration prior to inclusion was 11.2 weeks (1 day-2 years). Definite LA was diagnosed in 16 patients, probable LA in 5 patients and 6 patients were concluded to have other arthritis disorders. Among the 21 LA patients 20 had mono-arthritis (knee 18, ankle 2) and 1 had polyarthritis.All LA patients responded favourable to antibiotic treatment and none of the patients developed chronic arthritis after long term follow up, not even in LA patients who had intraarticular glucocorticosteroid (GC) injection prior to antibiotic treatment.
conclusionsOur data shows that LA in Southern Norway is a benign disease which successfully can be treated with antibiotics even in patients treated with GC prior to antibiotics.
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