INCIDENCE RATE OF LYME-ARTHRITIS AND ANTI BODIES TO BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI IN RHEUMATIC PATIENTS IN THE ENDEMIC REGION

Authors
LESNYAK OM SOKOLOVA ZI LAIKOVSKAYA YE RYABITSEVA OF
Citation
Om. Lesnyak et al., INCIDENCE RATE OF LYME-ARTHRITIS AND ANTI BODIES TO BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI IN RHEUMATIC PATIENTS IN THE ENDEMIC REGION, Terapevticeskij arhiv, 66(5), 1994, pp. 45-47
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Terapevticeskij arhiv → ACNP
ISSN journal
00403660
Volume
66
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
45 - 47
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-3660(1994)66:5<45:IROLAA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The examination of 231 rheumatic patients, 159 patients with reactive arthritis and 117 rheumatoid arthritis patients identified diagnostic titers of polyvalent antibodies to Borrelia in 6.6 % of all the examin ees with rheumatism, 11.9 % with reactive arthritis and in 7.7 % with RA. Lyme arthritis was diagnosed in 1.3 % of reactive arthritis patien ts. To diagnose Lyme arthritis accurately, it is recommended to rest u pon clinical symptoms which must be associated with high titers of IgG antibodies to Borrelia growing still higher in the follow-up period,