lyme in organ transplant recipients

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Erythema migrans in solid-organ transplant recipients.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jun 15;42(12):1751-4. Epub 2006 May 5.

Erythema migrans in solid-organ transplant recipients.

Maraspin V, Cimperman J, Lotric-Furlan S, Logar M, Ruzic-Sabljic E,

Strle F.

Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre

Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Six adult solid-organ transplant recipients who had chronic

drug-induced immunosuppression and who presented with solitary erythema

migrans were treated with antibiotics administered at the same dosage

and for the same duration used for the treatment of early, localized

Lyme borreliosis in immunocompetent patients. The patients had a smooth

course of illness and a favorable outcome but did not develop a

measurable borrelial serum antibody response.