Lyme Meningoradiculitis and Myositis after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

We describe a patient with a history of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation complicated by chronic graft-versus-host disease who developed painful meningoradiculitis and myositis due to Lyme borreliosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such an infection occurring after a...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2005-12, Vol.41 (12), p.e112-e114
Main Authors: Rodríguez, Martín, Chou, Sherry, Fisher, David C., Girolami, Umberto De, Amato, Anthony A., Marty, Francisco M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - adverse effects
Humans
Lyme Disease - etiology
Lyme Neuroborreliosis - etiology
Male
Myositis - etiology
Myositis - microbiology
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Summary:We describe a patient with a history of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation complicated by chronic graft-versus-host disease who developed painful meningoradiculitis and myositis due to Lyme borreliosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such an infection occurring after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the United States.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/498154