An appraisal of the literature suggests that a wealth of cases have already been published.
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"Failure to recognize early disease (erythema migrans) among African Americans, resulting in increased rates of late manifestations."
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| Case 52: |
HLA-DR4 specificity is assocated with treatment failure.
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| Case 53: |
8 children with neurologic features included headache (6), behavioral changes (5), facial palsy (2), papilledema (2), papilledema with diplopia (1), disturbance of sleep pattern (2), and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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| Case 54: |
32-year-old white man with Lyme myocarditis.
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| Case 55: |
Lyme meningitis with ehrlichiosis.
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| Case 56: |
Cogan's syndrome with bilateral nonluetic, interstitial keratitis, vestibuloauditory problems, and bilateral recurrent facial palsies.
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| Case 57: |
Logigian and Steere reported as early as 1990 that 30% of 27 patients with neurologic manifestations of Lyme disease had to leave work, “three quit their jobs, three decreased their work hours to part-time, and two retired early.
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| Case 58: |
Steere and colleagues observed persistent and recurrent Lyme disease in the their first paper published 1977 in adults and children in eastern Connecticut communities. The “typical Lyme disease patient had three recurrences”, with “some attacks lasting for months.”
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| Case 59: |
The one study failing to confirm the success of retreatment was limited by inclusion of patients ill for 4.7 years and patients ill despite 3 previous courses of antibiotics.
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| Case 60: |
Thalmic infarction initially presenting with a headache followed by grand mal seizure activity. Lyme disease with cerebral vasculitis was confirmed by spinal tap.
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