Dual infection: tularemia and Lyme borreliosis acquired by single tick bite in northwest Croatia

Acta Med Croatica. 2001;55(4-5):207-9.

Abstract

A case of dual infection, tularemia and Lyme borreliosis acquired by a single tick bite in northwest Croatia is presented. The patient came from a highly endemic region for Lyme borreliosis, where 45% of the ticks are infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. Clinically, tularemia manifested as the ulceroglandular form, and Lyme borreliosis manifested with arthritis (knee). Both diseases responded well to combined antibiotic therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Croatia / epidemiology
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / complications*
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis
  • Lyme Disease / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tularemia / complications*
  • Tularemia / diagnosis
  • Tularemia / epidemiology