Open AccessMultiple Erythema Lesions Obscured As Fungal Skin Infection
Author(s) -
Allma Koçinaj,
Antigona Gërçari,
Mybera Ferizi,
Edlira Lashi,
Lorela Gjunkshi,
Monika Fida
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2014.083
Subject(s) - medicine , erythema migrans , lyme disease , dermatology , erythema , erythema chronicum migrans , disease , borrelia burgdorferi , pathology , lyme borreliosis , immunology , antibody
Erythema migrans is a ring like erythema, with a few centimeters in diameter. Usually it occur solitary, days to weeks after an infected tick bite. According to skin changes it can be manifested acutely such as erythema migrans in Lyme Borreliosis, borrelial lymphocytoma (subacute), or as a late Lyme disease with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans. All stages of this disease can be treatable with antimicrobial agents. As a first case in our department with multiple lesions, we describe a 14-year-old female and review the patient’s clinical and laboratory features, the causes of the disease, diagnosis as well as treatment