Stroke in neuroborreliosis

Stroke. 1990 Aug;21(8):1232-5. doi: 10.1161/01.str.21.8.1232.

Abstract

A 20-year-old man suffered two thalamic infarctions during the course of neuroborreliosis and was successfully treated with intravenous ceftriaxone. Review of 11 additional cases of stroke and cerebral vasculitis in neuroborreliosis suggests that there is a meningovascular form of the infection with predilection for the posterior circulation and an association with the European strains of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Borrelia Infections / complications*
  • Borrelia Infections / drug therapy
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / diagnosis
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nervous System Diseases / complications*
  • Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Ceftriaxone