Diagnostic and treatment aspects of Lyme Neuroborreliosis

T Akhvlediani, N Kvirkvelia, T Tsertsvadze, R Shakarishvili

Abstract


Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease in Europe and North America. Nervous system involvement– neuroborreliosis  - is the most common manifestation  of the disseminated  Lyme disease. In Georgia,  there is no information  about the prevalence  of borreliosis  even though it is considered  as an endemic  disease  and there is enough  evidence  to suspect  that it is underdiagnosed. This article  reviews  certain  challenging  aspects  of clinical manifestation,  diagnosis and treatment of Lyme neuroborreliosis. 


Keywords


Lyme borreliosis, neuroborreliosis

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