Tom Cartau, Carole Eldin, Paul Le Turnier, Anaïs Eskenazi, Gaëlle Walter, Catherine Coignard, Ward Schrooten, Eric Caumes, Félix Djossou, Loïc Epelboin
Lyme borreliosis (LB) existence in South America is debated, especially in the Amazon region. The infection with Lyme borreliae has never been reported in French Guiana where Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is not found in ticks. We describe the final diagnosis and presumed place of acquisition in patients consulting for suspicion of LB. We retrospectively collected data from all consecutive patients consulting for a suspicion of LB between 2010 and 2021 at Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana. Patients were classified by an adjudication committee as confirmed LB if they met the criteria of the French consensus, as possible LB if they had compatible symptoms and a good outcome after appropriate treatment, or excluded when a differential diagnosis was found...
September 19, 2023: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases