First report of Lyme neuroborreliosis in a returned Australian traveller
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First report of Lyme neuroborreliosis in a returned Australian traveller.
A 58-year-old woman of European ancestry presented to a rural hospital in New South Wales in May 2014 with an 8-month history of worsening motor instability, confusion and bilateral occipital headaches associated with photophobia, lethargy and somnolence. The patient was from Geraldton in Western Australia and was staying for 2 weeks with her family in NSW. Her symptoms had started 1 month afte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Australia
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0025-729X,1326-5377
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01592