ReviewInternational journal of general medicine2016
Morgellons disease: a filamentous borrelial dermatitis.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Primary Psychiatric Disorders: Dermatology Perspectives.Indian dermatology online journal · 2026Article
- Morgellons disease: a narrative review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Review
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- Treatment of Morgellons disease with doxycycline.Clinical case reports · 2021Article
- Delusional infestation complicated by gangrene and osteomyelitis requiring finger amputation.JAAD case reports · 2021Article
- Dermatological and Genital Manifestations of Lyme Disease Including Morgellons Disease.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2021Article
- Classification and Staging of Morgellons Disease: Lessons from Syphilis.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2020Article
- Differentiating Psychosomatic, Somatopsychic, Multisystem Illnesses, and Medical Uncertainty.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- MixedHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- The Potential Uses of N-acetylcysteine in Dermatology: A Review.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2019Review
- Clinical evaluation of Morgellons disease in a cohort of North American patients.Dermatology reports · 2018Article
- Persistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Detection of tick-borne infection in Morgellons disease patients by serological and molecular techniques.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2018Article
- History of Morgellons disease: from delusion to definition.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2018Review
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Abstract
Morgellons disease (MD) is a dermopathy characterized by multicolored filaments that lie under, are embedded in, or project from skin. Although MD was initially considered to be a delusional disorder, recent studies have demonstrated that the dermopathy is associated with tickborne infection, that the filaments are composed of keratin and collagen, and that they result from proliferation of keratinocytes and fibroblasts in epithelial tissue. Culture, histopathological and molecular evidence of spirochetal infection associated with MD has been presented in several published studies using a variety of techniques. Spirochetes genetically identified as
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