Lyme-Associated Parkinsonism: A Neuropathologic Case Study and Review of the Literature

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The patient was a previously healthy, 63-year-old white man who presented

with an erythema migrans rash on his left inner thigh in June 1995

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In June 1996, the diagnosis of Lyme disease was made based on a

serum Western blot showing B burgdorferi–specific immunoglobulin (Ig) G bands.

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the patient's neurological status continued to decline, and he

finally succumbed to infection and respiratory failure in April 2001.

A full autopsy was performed.

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Per Sjöholm

Stockholm, Sweden