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Aberer, E; Klade, H; Stanek, G; Gebhart, W.
Borrelia burgdorferi and different types of morphea.
Dermatologica. 1991; 182(3):145-154 Doi: 10.1159/000247767
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Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz: Aberer Elisabeth
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Abstract:: Thirty patients with different clinical manifestations of morphea (circumscribed scleroderma) were investigated for serum antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi determined by ELISA and Western blot analysis. Forty-six percent of the patients were seropositive. Western blots confirmed the ELISA results in 10 of 25 patients (40%), showing a reactivity pattern which can be seen in the course of Lyme borreliosis. In some cases the outcome after antibiotic treatment suggests a direct correlation between the further development of skin lesions and Borrelia infection. Because of these findings we suggest some morphea types to be possibly due to a B. burgdorferi infection.
Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing): Adolescent -; Adult -; Aged -; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Blotting, Western - therapeutic use; Borrelia burgdorferi Group - immunology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - immunology; Female - immunology; Humans - immunology; Lyme Disease - immunology; Male - immunology; Middle Aged - immunology; Scleroderma, Localized - immunology
Find related publications in this database (Keywords): BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI INFECTION; MORPHEA; SCLERODERMA; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOT