The annual AHPBA HPB fellows' course: an analysis of impact and feedback.

Background: Since 2012, the AHPBA has hosted an annual HPB Fellows' Course at Carolinas Medical Center. All fellows training in an accredited HPB fellowship are eligible to attend. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of this conference and assess possible areas of improvement.

Solitary borrelial lymphocytoma in adult patients.

During the period from 1986 to 2000, 85 adult patients with solitary borrelial lymphocytoma were diagnosed at the Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia. There were 36 (42.4%) females and 49 (57.

Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from blood of patients with erythema migrans.

Background: We assessed the isolation rate of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from blood in European patients with typical erythema migrans and evaluated the course and outcome of their illness.

Patients And Methods: Adult patients diagnosed with erythema migrans and from whom borreliae cultured from blood were included in this study.

Results: Borreliae were isolated from the blood of 35/2,828 (1.

Molecular characterization of Borrelia spp. isolates from greater metropolitan Chicago reveals the presence of Borrelia bissettii. Preliminary report.

Lyme Disease in the US is concentrated in three endemic areas: the Northeast, the upper mid-West, and the Pacific coast. In the mid-West, the range of Lyme disease has expanded to include large parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Despite its proximity to the mid-Western focus, Illinois, so far, has not been considered an endemic area.

Comparison of culture-confirmed erythema migrans caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in New York State and by Borrelia afzelii in Slovenia.

Background: The clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in North America and Europe seem to differ, but a systematic comparison has never been done.

Objective: To compare European and U.S.