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Multiple erythema migrans and carditis-related atrial fibrillation: exceptional manifestations of early disseminated Lyme disease Volume 31, numéro 1, January-February 2021

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Auteurs
1 University François Rabelais, Dermatology Department, Hospital University of Tours, Tours, France
2 University François Rabelais, Cardiology Department, Hospital University of Tours, Tours, France
3 CNR Borrelia (French National Reference Center for Borrelia), CHRU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
4 University François Rabelais, Department of Bacteriology-Virology, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
5 ISP 1282, INRA-University of Tours, France
6 Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease Department, Hospital University of Tours, Tours, France
7 Dermatology Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, EA 7290, Strasbourg, France

In North America, Lyme Borreliosis (LB) is caused by infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (Bbss); infection with B. afzelii and B. garinii (and less often Bbss) is mostly reported in Europe [1], thus leading to heterogenous clinical features [1]. We report a case of multiple erythema migrans and neurological features of LB together with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and flutter related to acute myocarditis, such features being exceptional [2].A 64-year-old man was admitted to our department [...]