Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture Among Children With Facial Palsy in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area | Zendy

Niloufar PaydarDarian | Zendy; Amir A. Kimia | Zendy; Paul M. Lantos | Zendy; Alan Fine | Zendy; Caroline D. Gordon | Zendy; Catherine R. Gordon | Zendy; Assaf Landschaft | Zendy; Lise E. Nigrovic | Zendy

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Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture Among Children With Facial Palsy in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area

Author(s) -

Niloufar PaydarDarian,

Amir A. Kimia,

Paul M. Lantos,

Alan Fine,

Caroline D. Gordon,

Catherine R. Gordon,

Assaf Landschaft,

Lise E. Nigrovic

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piw036

Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar puncture , lyme disease , palsy , pediatrics , lumbar , lyme , borrelia burgdorferi , surgery , immunology , pathology , antibody , cerebrospinal fluid , alternative medicine

We identified 620 children with peripheral facial palsy of which 211 (34%) had Lyme disease. The 140 children who had a lumbar puncture performed were more likely to be hospitalized (73% LP performed vs 2% no LP) and to receive parenteral antibiotics (62% LP performed vs 6% no LP).

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