Antinuclear antibodies in patients with Lyme disease
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2010, Vol 14, Issue 4
Abstract
<b>Aim. </b>The aim of the study was to determine the relation between <i>B.</i> <i>burgdorferi </i>infection in patients with clinical symptoms of Lyme disease and presence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) depending on the duration of the disease and in the aspect of the erythema migrans (EM) experience.<br><b>Material and methods. </b>The study was conducted in a group of 110 patients with the second stage of Lyme disease hospitalized during 2007-2009. The ANA were determined by the IIFT test and the Western blot test.<br><b>Results. </b>Positive ANA results (IIFT test) were obtained for 16 patients. The presence of ANA (Western blot test) was confirmed in 4 women who reported a single bite by ticks before 2000, EM presence in the past and the administration of antibiotic treatment due to Lyme disease because of EM and ailments concerning bone-joint structure but without the presence of autoimmune diseases.<br><b>Conclusions.</b> The relation between primary diagnosis of Lyme disease in the form of EM and occurrence in the late period is possible despite the application of treatment of joint symptoms with simultaneous presence of ANA antibodies.
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Małgorzata Tokarska-Rodak, Justyna Niedźwiadek, Hanna Fota-Markowska, Filip Śmiechowicz, Bożena Gajownik, Romana Modrzewska, Maria Kozioł-Montewka
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