TABLE 2.
Results of studies investigating Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with lichen sclerosus
| AUTHOR | COUNTRY | COUNTRY | N (TOTAL) | N (POSITIVE) | SEROLOGY | HISTOLOGY | IMMUNOHISTOCHEM | FFM | PCR | CULTURE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberer et al30 | Austria | 13 | 6 (46.2%) | X | ||||||
| Aberer et al11 | Austria | 2 | 1 (50%) | X | ||||||
| Aberer et al31 | Austria | 19 | 13 (68.4%) | X | ||||||
| Breier et al32 | Austria | 1 | 1 (100%) | X | ||||||
| Eisendle et al33 | Austria | 11 | 0 (0%) | X | ||||||
| 60 | 38 (63.3%) | X | ||||||||
| Schempp et al15 | Germany | 6 | 6 (100%) | X | ||||||
| Ranki et al34 | Finland | 1 | 0 (0%) | X | ||||||
| Alonso et al35 | Spain | 8 | 0 (0%) | X | ||||||
| 1 | 0 (0%) | X | ||||||||
| O'zkan et al24 | Turkey | 12 | 6 (50%) | X | ||||||
| Fujiwara et al25 | Japan | 3 | 2 (66.7%) | X | ||||||
| Germany | 10 | 1 (10%) | X | |||||||
| United States | 21 | 0 (0%) | X | |||||||
| Ross et al27 | United States | 21 | 10 (47.6%) | X | ||||||
| Dillon et al36 | United States | 10 | 0 (0%) | X | ||||||
| De Vito et al37 | United States | 7 | 0 (0%) | X | ||||||
| Colome-Grimmer et al38 | United States | 10 | 0 (0%) | X |
FFM=focus floating microscopy; PCR=polymerase chain reaction; N=number (of patientls/samples)