NYMC Faculty Publications
Gender Disparity Between Cutaneous and Non-Cutaneous Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis
Author Type(s)
Faculty
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0064110
Journal Title
PLoS One
First Page
64110
Last Page
64110
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Keywords
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Lyme Disease, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Distribution, Skin Diseases, Slovenia, Young Adult
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Cutaneous manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Europe include erythema migrans (EM) and acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA); the most common non-cutaneous manifestations are Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) and Lyme arthritis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the gender distribution of patients with these clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis. Data on gender were obtained from the clinical records of patients with Lyme borreliosis aged ≥15 years who had been evaluated at the University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Among 10,539 patients diagnosed with EM, 6,245 (59.3%) were female and among 506 ACA patients 347 (68.6%) were female. In contrast, among the 60 patients with Lyme arthritis only 15 (25%) were female (p
Recommended Citation
Strle, F., Wormser, G., Mead, P., Dhaduvai, K., Longo, M. V., Adenikinju, O., Soman, S., Tefera, Y., Maraspin, V., Lotrič-Furlan, S., Ogrinc, K., Cimperman, J., Ružić-Sabljić, E., & Stupica, D. (2013). Gender Disparity Between Cutaneous and Non-Cutaneous Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis. PLoS One, 8 (5), 64110-64110. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064110
