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Comparison of findings for patients with Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii isolated from cerebrospinal fluid.

In Europe Lyme neuroborreliosis is caused predominatly by Borrelia garinii, raraely by Borrelia afzelii and only exceptionally by Borrelia burgdorferi or other Borrelia species. Our study on well defined groups of patients showed that Borrelia garinii causes typical clinical picture of Lyme neuroborreliosis (Bannwarth syndrome) while in patients with Borrelia afzelii isolated from cerebrospinal fluid the clinical features are rather unspecific and much more difficult to uncover. Our report reperesents the first description of Lyme neuroborreliosis caused by Borrelia afzelii.

COBISS.SI-ID: 22641369

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The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines.

Vodja programa je kot eden od dveh Evropejcev sodeloval pri pripravi navodil za obravnavo bolnikov z lymsko boreliozo, humano granulocitno anaplazmozo in babeziozo, ki so nastala pod okriljem Ameriškega združenja za infekcijske bolezni. Soavtorstvo je priznanje za opravljeno raziskovalno in strokovno delo na področju bolezni in povzročiteljev, ki jih prenašajo klopi. Članek je bil v manj kot 3 letih od objave citiran 98 krat.

COBISS.SI-ID: 22927321

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Erythema migrans in solid-organ transplant recipients.

The first description of the course and outcome of early Lyme borrreliosis in recepients of solid organ transplants.

COBISS.SI-ID: 21486553

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Lyme borreliosis and Borrelia spielmanii.

One of the first reports on Borrelia spielmanii as the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis in humans.

COBISS.SI-ID: 21488857

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Validation of cultivation and PCR methods for diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis.

Assessment of the value of cultivation and PCR methods for diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis in carefully chosen groups of patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis (patients with clinically evident Lyme neuroborreliosis, patients with clinically suspicious Lyme neuroborreliosis) and control groups (patients with tick-borne encephalitis, control group with normal cerebrospinal fluid findings) that enabled validation of not only sensitivity but also specificity of different diagnostic approaches.

COBISS.SI-ID: 24856281