Two Cases of Borrelia miyamotoi Meningitis, Sweden, 2018

Abstract

We report 2 human cases of Borrelia miyamotoi disease diagnosed in Sweden, including 1 case of meningitis in an apparently immunocompetent patient. The diagnoses were confirmed by 3 different independent PCR assays and DNA sequencing from cerebrospinal fluid, supplemented by serologic analyses.

Keywords

• Borrelia miyamotoi
• meningitis
• PCR
• serology
• Sweden
• bacteria