Table 2.
Characteristics of patients with chronic and subacute Lyme borreliosis.
| CSF | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Diagnosis | Known EM | Known tick bite | MNC- pleocytosis | Borrelia antibody IgG and/or IgM | Clinical manifestations | Therapy |
| 1 | Chronic NB | + | – | + | + | Disturbed balance and hearing, speech impairment | Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone |
| 2 | Chronic NB | – | – | + | + | Disturbed balance, nausea, back pain, vertigo | Doxycycline |
| 3 | Chronic NB | – | – | + | + | Facial palsy, headache | Ceftriaxone |
| 4 | Chronic NB | – | – | + | + | Facial palsy, headache, radiculitis, back pain, fever | Doxycycline |
| 5 | Chronic NB | – | – | + | + | Facial palsy, headache, back and neck pain | Doxycycline |
| 6 | Chronic NB | – | – | + | + | Headache, numbness | Doxycycline |
| 7 | Chronic ACA | – | + | n.d. | n.d. | Headache, radiculitis, knee pain, vertigo | Doxycycline |
| 8 | Chronic NB | – | – | – | + | Neck stiffness, arthralgia, fatigue | Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone |
| 9 | Chronic NB | – | – | + | + | Pain in legs, numbness | Ceftriaxone |
| 10 | Chronic NB | – | + | + | + | Facial palsy, radiculitis, vertigo, fatigue | Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone |
| 11 | Chronic NB | – | + | + | + | Headache, fatigue, athralgia, neck and joint pain, vertigo, cognitive impairment | Doxycycline |
| 12 | Chronic NB | – | – | + | + | Facial palsy, head ache, fever, fatigue | Doxycycline |
| 13 | Subacute NB | – | + | + | + | Facial palsy, numbness, migrating pain | Doxycycline |
| 14 | Subacute NB | – | – | + | + | Facial palsy, headache, radiculitis, numbness | Doxycycline |
| 15 | Subacute NB | – | – | – | + | Headache, fiver, fatigue, weight lost, vertigo | Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone |
| 16 | Subacute NB | – | + | + | + | Radiculitis, numbness, pain in legs | Doxycycline |
| 17 | Subacute NB | – | – | + | + | Facial palsy, double vision | Doxycycline |
| 18 | Subacute NB | – | + | + | + | Headache, cognitive impairment, vertigo | Doxycycline |
| 19 | Subacute NB | – | – | – | + | Facial palsy, headache, radiculitis, fatigue, nausea | Doxycycline |
| 20 | Subacute NB | – | + | + | + | Facial palsy, numbness, memory deficit | Doxycycline |
| 21 | Subacute NB | – | + | + | + | Facial palsy, numbness, back pain, vertigo | Ceftriaxone |
| 22 | Subacute NB | – | – | + | + | Radiculitis, fever, fatigue, pain, weakness, tremor, disturbed balance | Doxycycline |
| 23 | Subacute NB | + | – | + | + | Facial palsy, headache, radiculitis | Doxycycline |
| 24 | Subacute NB | – | – | + | + | Fever, fatigue, neck pain, myalgia | Doxycycline |
| 25 | Subacute NB | – | – | + | + | Facial palsy, radiculitis, back and neck pain | Doxycycline |
| 26 | Subacute LB | + | + | n.d. | n.d. | Eye pain | Doxycycline |
EM, erythema migrans; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; MNC, mononuclear cells; NB, neuroborreliosis; ACA, acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; LB, Lyme borreliosis; n.d., not done.