09-12-2011, 01:19 PM
Testing for which of the below patients for borrelia burgdoferi is indicated (all of them reside in Lyme- endemic area)?
1.A 35 year old gardner with fever, malaise, migratory arthraligia/myalgias and 3 erythema migrans lesions.
2.A 18 year old house worker with a primary ertythema migrans lesion at the site of a witnessed tick bite.
3.A 25 year old camp counseller, who comes with her 2nd episode of an inflamed, red and tender knee and ankle joint.
4.A 40 year old park ranger with malar rash, diffuse arthritis/ arthrlagia( incl shoulders, MCP and PIP), glomerulonephritis & pericarditis.
5.A 50 year old male with chronic fatigue, myalgia and arthralagia.
1.A 35 year old gardner with fever, malaise, migratory arthraligia/myalgias and 3 erythema migrans lesions.
2.A 18 year old house worker with a primary ertythema migrans lesion at the site of a witnessed tick bite.
3.A 25 year old camp counseller, who comes with her 2nd episode of an inflamed, red and tender knee and ankle joint.
4.A 40 year old park ranger with malar rash, diffuse arthritis/ arthrlagia( incl shoulders, MCP and PIP), glomerulonephritis & pericarditis.
5.A 50 year old male with chronic fatigue, myalgia and arthralagia.