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A 56 year old Connecticut woman suffered multiple strokes 18 months after antibiotic treatment for early Lyme disease with facial palsy.Pleocytosis, intrathecal synthesis of anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibody,and the response to antibiotic treatment substantiated the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis.This is the first report of stroke caused by Lyme disease acquired in North America. |
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