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Lyme arthritis CHORUS
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Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00239.html
Description: * migratory polyarthritis
* common in New England (named for Lyme, Conn.)
* spirochete (Borrelia) transmitted by tick (Ixodes dammini)
* joint effusion, esp. knee (may be only finding)
* skin lesions: erythema chronicum migrans
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD
Institution: CHORUS
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Investigations: Radiology - General: Radiology - Conditions
- - OCOSH Classification: Joint Diseases: Arthritis: Septic Arthritis: Lyme Disease
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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Tue Jul 28 2009