Borrelia crocidurae meningoencephalitis, West Africa.

Sandrine Goutier , Elisabeth Ferquel (1) , Claudine Pinel (2, 3) , Annick Bosseray (4) , Bruno Hoen (5, 6) , Gérard Couetdic , Amina Bourahoui , Claire Lapostolle , Hervé Pelloux (3) , Martine Garnier (1) , Natacha Sertour , Isabelle Pelloux (7) , Patricia Pavese (8) , Muriel Cornet (9)

1 CNR - Centre National de Référence des Borrelia
2 GIN - Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences
3 Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie
4 Clinique de médecine interne
5 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)
6 Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales
7 Laboratoire de Bactériologie
8 Service des Maladies Infectieuses
9 TIMC-IMAG-TheREx - Thérapeutique Recombinante Expérimentale

Borrelia crocidurae-associated relapsing fever is endemic to West Africa and is considered benign. We report 4 patients with B. crocidurae-associated neurologic symptoms; 2 of their cases had been misdiagnosed. Frequency and severity of this disease could be underestimated; molecular methods and serodiagnostic tests for Lyme disease might be helpful in its detection.

Domaines: Mycologie

Sandrine Goutier, Elisabeth Ferquel, Claudine Pinel, Annick Bosseray, Bruno Hoen, et al.. Borrelia crocidurae meningoencephalitis, West Africa.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19 (2), pp.301-4. ⟨10.3201/eid1902.121325⟩. ⟨hal-00817995⟩