Borrelia miyamotoi-Associated Neuroborreliosis in Immunocompromised Person.

ABSTRACT: Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly recognized human pathogen in the relapsing fever group of spirochetes. We investigated a case of B. miyamotoi infection of the central nervous system resembling B. burgdorferi-induced Lyme neuroborreliosis and determined that this emergent agent of central nervous system infection can be diagnosed with existing methods.

SUBMITTER: Boden K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4994329 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature