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Pediatr Emerg Care 2016(Mar); Fishe JN, Marchese RF , Callahan JM From the *Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; †Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ruth and Raymond Perelman School of Medicine at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania; and ‡Pediatric Residency Program, The…
March 21, 2015 Abstract Lyme disease is a systemic infection commonly found in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic and north-central regions of the United States. Of the many systemic manifestations of Lyme disease, cardiac involvement is uncommon and rarely causes mortality. We describe a case of a 17-year-old adolescent who died unexpectedly after a 2-week viral-like syndrome….
[ CanLyme note: This report underlines what patients and their concerned physicians have known for years and have tried to report. We disagree with this quote in the article, “Health care providers should consider as a cause of cardiac symptoms in patients who live in or have visited a high-incidence Lyme disease region, especially during summer…
Authors: Karmacharya P, Aryal MR Location: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, United States. Citation: World J Cardiol 2013(May); 5(5): 148-150. DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v5.i5.148 Although Lyme carditis is relatively rare within 4-6 wk of exposure, it can uncommonly present as the first sign of disseminated Lyme disease. Here we present 17 year…
