[Incidence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in isolated facial paralysis. A prospective study]

An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am. 1992;19(3):209-15.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Between the causes of facial paralysis, similar to Bell's palsy, recently are included those due to some families of spirochaeta (Borrelia burgdorferi) transmitted through tick-bite. These bacteria, besides de facial palsy, may produce several degrees of lymphocytic meningitis and subsequently the paralysis of the face, sometimes clumsy or recurrent. The treatment being the antibiotic drugs, never the corticoids. In the paper are explained prospectively the incidence of this disease in the AA's environment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Facial Paralysis / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / complications
  • Lyme Disease / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Sex Factors
  • Spain / epidemiology