Prospective study of coinfection in patients with erythema migrans

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Apr 15;36(8):1078-81. doi: 10.1086/368187. Epub 2003 Mar 31.

Abstract

The frequency of coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi and either Anaplasma phagocytophila or Babesia microti among patients with erythema migrans, the initial skin lesion of Lyme disease, was assessed in 2 mainland locations in Rhode Island and Connecticut in a 4-year prospective study. Of the 93 patients with culture-proven erythema migrans, 2 (2%) patients had coinfection with A. phagocytophila and 2 (2%) had coinfection with B. microti. We concluded that the frequency of coinfection with these agents was low among patients with erythema migrans in the study areas.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anaplasma / isolation & purification*
  • Anaplasmosis / epidemiology
  • Animals
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification*
  • Connecticut / epidemiology
  • Erythema Chronicum Migrans / epidemiology
  • Erythema Chronicum Migrans / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Rhode Island / epidemiology