TABLE 2.
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species in lesional skin from patients with skin disorders of Lyme borreliosis in Austria
| Species (no. of patient skin biopsies positive for ospA by PCR) (n = 76a) | No. (%) positive
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|---|---|---|---|
| EM (n = 48) | BL (n = 9) | ACA (n = 19) | |
| B. afzelii (60) | 37 (77) | 8 (88) | 15 (79) |
| B. burgdorferi (9) | 6 (13) | 1 (12) | 2 (10.5) |
| Mixed B. afzelii/ B. burgdorferi (6) | 4 (8) | 0 (0) | 2 (10.5) |
| B. garinii (1) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
a
Of the 76 ospA-positive samples whose Borrelia species were identified using restriction fragment length polymorphisms analysis, four B. afzelii isolates, three B. burgdorferi isolates, and the single B. garinii isolate were confirmed by sequencing.