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Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia 2020 April;155(2):220-2
DOI: 10.23736/S0392-0488.19.06396-X
Copyright © 2019 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Overview on the treatment of Lyme disease in pregnancy
Claudio CONFORTI, Roberta VEZZONI, Chiara RETROSI ✉, Michela LONGONE, Paola CORNELI, Giovanni MAGATON RIZZI, Katiuscia NAN, Nicola DI MEO, Iris ZALAUDEK
Clinic of Dermatology, Maggiore Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness, which is typically caused by Borrelia Burgdoferi. Over time, a typical Borreliosis skin reaction takes shape, i.e. the formation of an annular erythema that tends to expand centrifugally with erythematous edges whose diameter can reach up to 20 cm. The symptoms of Lyme disease are not only cutaneous but there may be a systemic involvement. Obviously, this disease can also affect pregnant women and for this reason this review aims to summarize the main ways of treatment to avoid worsening of the clinical condition in the mother and an eventual, albeit rare, involvement of the fetus.
KEY WORDS: Lyme neuroborreliosis; Skin diseases, infectious; Dermatology