Dramatic response to a 3-week course of ceftriaxone in late neuroborreliosis mimicking atypical dementia and normal pressure hydrocephalus

J Neurol Sci. 2016 Jul 15:366:146-148. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.05.002. Epub 2016 May 4.
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Keywords: Dementia; Lyme disease; Neuroborreliosis; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Biomarkers / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Borrelia burgdorferi* / immunology
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use*
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / diagnosis
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / diagnosis
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / drug therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • Ceftriaxone