Lyme borreliosis--waiting for Lyme carditis? A long-term prospective study.

A long-term prospective study of patients with confirmed non-cardiac form of Lyme disease (n=221) over a mean follow-up period of 40.6 months is reported. The study revealed no case of Borrelia-related cardiac involvement developed after several years in patients who had received antibiotic therapy in the early period.

[Cardiac abnormalities of lyme borreliosis].

The article summarizes basic characteristics of Lyme borreliosis, its incidence, epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical image. Particular attention is given to the review of papers aimed at the cardiac abnormalities--the Lyme carditis. Though they are not very frequent, due to the variability of their clinical course and due to various forms, which are difficult to diagnose, they can represent a specific problem.