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    East Afr Med J. 2005 May;82(5):267-9.

    Lyme disease: report of two cases.

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    Kenyatta National Hospital, P.O. Box 19624-00202, Nairobi, Kenya.

    Abstract

    Lyme disease is a tick-borne multisystem disease. It was first described in Lyme, Connecticut, USA in 1975. Cases have been reported in Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Australia and Great Britain. It is an inflammatory disease that has varied clinical manifestations ranging from skin rash (erythema migrans), arthritis, fibromyalgia, and regional lymphadenopathy, cardiac conduction defects to neurological manifestations of meningoencephalitis, Bell's palsy, peripheral neuropathy, and painful radiculoneuropathy. There has been no case record of Lyme disease in Kenya and indeed literature on Lyme disease in Africa is very scanty. We present two cases of Lyme disease with predominant neurological manifestations; outline their clinical presentation and management.

    PMID:
    16119758
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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