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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Jul 27;86(3):322–326. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.07.026

Table 1.

Selected Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of 51 Untreated Patients with Erythema Migrans.

Characteristic Findings
% male 64.7
Mean age ± SD in years (median, range) 49.8 ± 15.6 (50, 20-86)
% with multiple erythema migrans skin lesions 41.2
Mean area ± SD of largest erythema migrans skin lesion in square cm* (median, range) 179.8 ± 200.8 (99, 11-900)
Mean duration of erythema migrans ± SD in days at time of evaluation (median, range) 7.88 ± 5.51 (7, 1-22)
% with symptoms at study entry 76.5
Mean number of symptoms ± SD (median, range) 3.27 ± 3.38 (2, 0-12)
Mean body mass index ± SD (median, range) 25.2 ± 3.9 (25.1, 17.2-38.4)
% with reactive C6 Lyme serology** 64.7
Mean C6 ELISA value ± SD 4.3 ± 3.7
% with Babesia microti co-infection 7.8
% with Anaplasma phagocytophilum co-infection 0
*

Area defined as the maximum width times the maximum length

**

Test result was positive or equivocal