Federica Forlanini, Raffaella Di Tonno, Roberta Caiazzo, Daniela David, Maria Sole Valentino, Sara Giordana Rimoldi, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Giusto Trevisan, Francesca Wanda Basile, Vania Giacomet
Tracing the profile of pediatric Lyme borreliosis (LB) in Europe is difficult due to the interregional variation in its incidence and lack in notifications. Moreover, the identification of LB can be challenging. This study is an 18-year case series of 130 children and adolescents aged under 18 years referred to the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit at L. Sacco Hospital, Milan, with suspicion of LB, between January 2005 and July 2023. The routine serological workup consisted of a two-step process: an initial screening test followed by Western blot (WB)...
February 23, 2024: Microorganisms