TABLE 3.
Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini, anetoderma, and granuloma annulare
| AUTHOR | COUNTRY | N (TOTAL) | N (POSITIVE) | SEROLOGY | HISTOLOGY | IMMUNOHISTOCHEM | FFM | PCR | CULTURE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATROPHODERMA OF PASINI AND PIERINI | |||||||||
| Buechner et al42 | Switzerland | 26 | 10 (38.5%) | X | |||||
| Lee et al43 | Korea | 1 | 1 (100%) | X | |||||
| ANETODERMA | |||||||||
| Bauer et al44 | Germany | 1 | 1 (100%) | X | X | ||||
| Hofer et al45 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 (100%) | X | X | ||||
| Trevisan et al46 | Italy | 1 | 1 (100%) | X | X | X | |||
| GRANULOMA ANNULARE | |||||||||
| Strle et al47 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 (100%) | X | X | ||||
| Gualco et al48 | Italy | 1 | 1 (100%) | X | |||||
| Fernandez-Flores et al49 | Spain | 8 | 5 (63%) | X | |||||
| Ziemer et al50 | Germany | 27 | 1 (4%) | X | |||||
| Zollinger et al51 | Switzerland | 48 | 1 (2.1%) | X | |||||
FFM=focus floating microscopy; PCR=polymerase chain reaction; N=number (of patients/samples)