Acute Meningoencephalitis Associated with Borrelia miyamotoi, Minnesota, USA

Abstract

Borrelia miyamotoi is an emerging tickborne pathogen that has been associated with central nervous system infections in immunocompromised patients, albeit infrequently. We describe a case-patient in Minnesota, USA, who had meningeal symptoms of 1 month duration. B. miyamotoi infection was diagnosed by Gram staining on cerebrospinal fluid and confirmed by sequencing.

Keywords

• bacteria
• meningoencephalitis
• Borrelia miyamotoi
• zoonoses
• vector-borne infections
• tick-borne infections