Abstract

RODRIGUES, Brenda Diniz; MEIRELES, Vera Maria de Barros  and  BRAZ, Marcelle Nobre. Lyme desease: First case report in Pará. Rev. Para. Med. [online]. 2007, vol.21, n.3, pp.63-67. ISSN 0101-5907.

OBJECTIVE: report the first case of a patient with Lyme disease in Pará (Braszil). CASE REPORT: a 23-year-old, male pacient presented to the dermatology service with Headache, muscle pain and a history of a progressive skin eruption, with annular shape and growing centrifugally, with central clearly, characteriing the erythema migrans. Latelly, new eruptions appeared on the knees, legs and left foot. The pacient also showed sorological exams positive to Lyme disease and the histopatological study showed . It was started a treatment with, but new lesion appeared, so the drgs were changed. The eruptions did not stop to appear. So the authors concluded it was reported the firste case of Lyme disease in Pará.

Keywords : lyme disease; Borrelia burgdorferi; erythema migrans.

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