[Acrodermatitis chronic atrophicans and sclerodermiform skin changes in Borrelia infection].

Abstract

A female patient with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans and widespread sclerodermiform skin lesions with a high IgG antibody titer against Borrelia burgdorferi is presented. The rapid improvement after high-dose penicillin G therapy and the course of the Borrelia antibody titer suggest a persistence of the causative organism.

• Authors: K Langer, E Diem
• Journal: Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete (Hautarzt) Vol. 39 Issue 10 Pg. 647-51 (Oct 1988) ISSN: 0017-8470 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans und sklerodermiforme Hautveränderungen bei Borrelien-Infektion.
• PMID: 3235338 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Immunoglobulin G

Topics

• Acrodermatitis (immunology, pathology)
• Aged
• Animals
• Bites and Stings (complications)
• Borrelia (immunology)
• Female
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin G (analysis)
• Lyme Disease (immunology, pathology)
• Scleroderma, Localized (immunology, pathology)
• Skin (pathology)
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