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[Chronic atrophic acrodermatitis].

R Kosbab·G Thess·E Köstler
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All the 18 patients with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA) showed the specific borrelia antibody at the indirect immunofluorescence assay. The patients exhibited a large spectrum of arthritic and neurologic complaints besides the typical cutaneous symptoms. Changes of proteins, of liver-typical parameters and of the electrocardiogram are also assigned to the Lyme-borreliosis. The penicillin therapy - three times accompanied by a Jarisch-Herxheimer-reaction - led to regression of the clinical changes. The secessions of borrelia-antibody-titers happens only very delayed. That is why it can not be used for the direct therapy control. The increased documented polysymptomatic of Lyme-borreliosis requires a wider knowledge and the country-wide possibility of specific diagnostic.

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AcrodermatitisAntibodies, BacterialAtrophyBorrelia burgdorferi GroupFemaleHumansLyme DiseaseMaleMiddle AgedSkinEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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R Kosbab, G Thess, E Köstler. 1989. [Chronic atrophic acrodermatitis].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2612709/

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