Lyme disease with erythema migrans presenting concurrently with optic nerve perineuritis and abducens nerve palsy

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Mar 15;13(3):e231889. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-231889.

Authors

Michael S Lundin¹, Sherri L Sandel², Corina M Suciu², Debra A Spicehandler³

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York, USA makala.lundin@gmail.com.
² Internal Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York, USA.
³ Infectious Disease, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: cranial nerves; exposures; general practice / family medicine; infection (neurology); primary care.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abducens Nerve Diseases / microbiology*
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
Doxycycline / therapeutic use
Erythema Chronicum Migrans / microbiology*
Humans
Lyme Disease / complications*
Lyme Disease / drug therapy
Male
Optic Neuritis / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ceftriaxone
Doxycycline