An Unusual Cluster of Neuroinvasive Lyme Disease Cases Presenting With Bannwarth Syndrome in the Midwest United States | Zendy

Aditya Shah | Zendy; John C. O’Horo | Zendy; John Wilson | Zendy; Dane Granger | Zendy; Elitza S. Theel | Zendy

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An Unusual Cluster of Neuroinvasive Lyme Disease Cases Presenting With Bannwarth Syndrome in the Midwest United States

Author(s) -

Aditya Shah,

John C. O’Horo,

John Wilson,

Dane Granger,

Elitza S. Theel

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx276

Subject(s) - medicine , lyme disease , pleocytosis , lymphocytic pleocytosis , cluster (spacecraft) , pediatrics , meningitis , virology , encephalitis , virus , computer science , programming language

Bannwarth syndrome (BWS), an infrequent manifestation of neuroinvasive Lyme disease (LD) characterized by radiculopathy, neuropathy, and lymphocytic pleocytosis, is more commonly documented in Europe than North America. Here, we describe a cluster of 5 neuroinvasive LD cases with BWS in the upper Midwest United States between July and August 2017.

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