TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics

Patient no.	Age (yr)	Sexb	Tick bite recall	Size of EM (cm)	IgM ELISA	Urine
						pH	Specific density
1	48	F	No	8	−	6.5	1.010
2	67	M	Yes	10	−	7.0	1.015
3	10	M	Yes	10	−	7.5	1.010
4	30	M	Yes	8	−	8.0	1.010
5	38	F	Yes	6	−	7.0	1.005
6	49	M	Yes	10	+	6.0	1.030
7a	56	F	No	4 × 6 to 8	+	6.5	1.015
8	59	F	No	15	+	5.5	1.020
9a	21	M	No	5 × 5 to 8	+	6.0	1.020
10	55	F	Yes	10	−	5.5	1.015
11	59	F	No	50	+	5.5	1.005
12	27	F	No	12	+	6.5	1.005

^aThese patients showed four and five multiple EM lesions, respectively.

^bF, female; M, male.