Lyme disease. Pediatric Aspects (II Part)

Abstract

Up to 25 % of all patients with Lyme borreliosis — children aged 5–9 years. In children also have three clinical and pathogenetic stages of Lyme disease. Typical sign of borreliosis — erythema ≥ 5 cm in diameter, developing at the site of mite biting in 1–32 days. Dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. determines clinical polymorphism. Lyme borreliosis is not an obstetric infection. In spite of adequate antibiotic therapy, development of postborreliosis syndrome is possible.

Keywords

• Lyme disease in children
• classification
• erythema migrans
• Lyme-arthritis
• neuroborreliosis
• perinatal infection
• post-borreliosis syndrome