Signs of brain organic lesion in patients examined in the acute period of ixodic tick-borne borreliosis

• Published in: Bi͡u︡lletenʹ Sibirskoĭ medit͡s︡iny Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 19 - 23
• Main Authors: Zheleznova, I. O., Balashov, P. P., Lepyokhin, A. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Siberian State Medical University (Tomsk) 28.02.2009
• Subjects: иксодовый клещевой боррелиоз; нейроборрелиоз; органическое поражение головного мозга; психоорганический синдром
• ISSN: 1682-0363; 1819-3684
• DOI: 10.20538/1682-0363-2009-1-19-23

Signs of organic lesion of brain have been studied in 85 patients in the acute period of tick-borne borreliosis. The analysis of results of clinical and clinical-psychopathological studies has revealed signs of brain organic lesion (BOL) in 100% cases. In the studied group, the moderate degree of BOL signs is most often (54%), mild cases are somewhat rarer (41%), and the pronounced degree is confidently rarer (5%). The degree of manifestation of signs of brain organic lesion depends on the age and the somatic-neurological burdened background of patients and influences the course of the acute and remote periods of ixodic tick-borne borreliosis.