NYMC Faculty Publications

A Critical Appraisal of the Mild Axonal Peripheral Neuropathy of Late Neurologic Lyme Disease

DOI

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.11.003

Journal Title

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

First Page

163

Last Page

167

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

February 2017

Department

Medicine

Abstract

In older studies, a chronic distal symmetric sensory neuropathy was reported as a relatively common manifestation of late Lyme disease in the United States. However, the original papers describing this entity had notable inconsistencies and certain inexplicable findings, such as reports that this condition developed in patients despite prior antibiotic treatment known to be highly effective for other manifestations of Lyme disease. More recent literature suggests that this entity is seen rarely, if at all. A chronic distal symmetric sensory neuropathy as a manifestation of late Lyme disease in North America should be regarded as controversial and in need of rigorous validation studies before acceptance as a documented clinical entity.

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