Did Garin and Bujadoux Actually Report a Case of Lyme Radiculoneuritis?

Authors

Gary P. Wormser, New York Medical CollegeFollow
Vanessa Wormser, New York Medical College

First Page

085

Last Page

085

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-26-2016

Department

Medicine

Abstract

A 1922 report by Garin and Bujadoux is widely regarded as describing the first case of neurologic Lyme borreliosis. Although the patient reported had a tick bite followed by the development of a rash and radiculoneuritis, there were a number of highly atypical features, raising the question of whether the patient, in fact, had neurologic Lyme borreliosis. The paper may not deserve the historic recognition that it has received.

Recommended Citation

Wormser, G. P., & Wormser, V. (2016). Did Garin and Bujadoux actually report a case of lyme radiculoneuritis? Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 3(2), ofw085. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofw085

Publisher's Statement

Originally published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Licensed under CC-BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw085