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Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo
On-line version ISSN 1989-7790Print version ISSN 0465-546X
Abstract
OSINAGA, Ignacio Pascual and MOLLOV, Asan Iknurov. Chronic Lyme Disease vs. Lyme Post-treatment Syndrome — about a case in the Navarra workplace. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2019, vol.65, n.257, pp.285-291. Epub Mar 22, 2021. ISSN 1989-7790.
Abstract:
Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia Burgdoferi, which is transmitted by the bite of the tick of the genus Ixodes. The diagnosis is made by ELISA and confirmed by Western blot or PCR. A Borrelia infection not only triggers a humoral immune response, but also activates the cellular immune response measured by the T lymphocytes, hence the existence of the Elispot-LTT analysis, which according to the scientific literature has greater specificity and sensitivity than even the Western blot. The present case of an atypical clinical picture in a firefighter with Lyme disease and co-infection with Rickettsia conorii and Bartonella Heselae. It was declared as a occupational disease since it was acquired in the workplace.
Keywords : Lyme disease; Erithema chronicum migrans; Occupational Medicine; occupational exposure.