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ArticleMateria socio-medica2024

Clinical Manifestations of European Borreliosis on the Skin in Acute, Subacute and Chronic Disease.

Sajma Krkic-Dautovic, Adis Salihbegovic, Emina Dervisevic, Refet Gojak, Meliha Hadzovic-Cengic, Damir Duratbegovic, Nermin Mostarac, Jasmina Begic, Haroon Ahmed

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Article in Materia socio-medica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. The Role of Borrelia Burgdorferi in the Etiology of Chronic Urticaria.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2026
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  3. Erythema nodosum as first clinical sign of acute Borrelia burgdorferi infection.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sajma Krkic-DautovicPrivate Infectology Clinic, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Adis SalihbegovicDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Emina DervisevicDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Refet GojakClinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Meliha Hadzovic-CengicClinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Damir DuratbegovicFaculty of Dental Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Nermin MostaracClinic for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jasmina BegicDepartment of Dermatology, General Hospital "Prim. Dr Abdulah Nakas," Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Haroon AhmedDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Park Road, Chakh Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Clinical Center University of Sarajevo · BAUniversity of Sarajevo · BACOMSATS University Islamabad · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Lyme borreliosis is a multisystemic infection caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Erythema migras is the main clinical marker of the disease. Objective: This study aimed was to investigate the frequency and clinical manifestations of European borreliosis on the skin, and to determine the significance of these findings for diagnosis and therapy. Methods: A retrospective-prospective clinical study of outpatients treated and monitored in a private clinic of an infectologist was conducted over nine years from to 2013-2021. The study was clinical, descriptive and analytical in nature. Results: In the investigated period, 509 (30.8%) patients with borreliosis symptoms were treated. EM in our patients occurred under the following conditions: a) ringed redness, b) redness of target cels and d) continuous round or oval redness of different sizes of individual redness, or multiple occurrences with primary dissemination. Skin changes with multiorgan chronic symptoms of borreliosis occurred in 67.7% of cases the including: walking redness of different shapes and sizes, pink borreliosis stretch marks, white borreliosis stretch marks, borreliosis palms and soles, psoriatic changes, Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans, Scleroderma circumscripta-morphae, Erythema nodosum, Granuloma anulare and Lichen striatus et atrophicans. Of the 509 patients treated for borreliosis, 32.3% with multi-organ symptomatology had no skin changes. Conclusion: The skin manifestations of European borreliosis are multi-layered and Erythema migrans are basic, but not the only markers of the disease. 'Pink borreliose stretch marks, "white borreliosis striae", "borreliosis palms or soles", and intermittent redness accompanied by itching are unique markers for the diagnosis of chronic borreliosis, if they are manifested.

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BorreliosisErythema nodosumEuropepink stretch markswhite stretch marks

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