An infection caused by Borrelia spirochetes, transmitted primarily by ixodid ticks
Ixodes scapularis (deer ticks) in the ...
History of a tic...
A69.20 Lyme disease, unspecified
A69.2 Lyme disease
230150008 Meningitis in Lyme disease
23502006 Lyme disease
33937009 Lyme arthritis
77863005 Lyme carditis
426637005 Acute lyme disease
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<bold>FIGURE 25-3</bold> <bold>Deer ticks at the larval, nymphal, and adult stages.</bold> Larval, nymphal, and adult ticks are approximately 0.5, 1, and 3 mm long (excluding legs), respectively. A sewing needle in the upper-left corner of the picture provides scale. (Photo provided by the American Lyme Disease Foundation.)
<bold>FIGURE 25-3</bold> <bold>Deer ticks at the larval, nymphal, and adult stages.</bold> Larval, nymphal, and ad...
FIG. 6.12. Tick bite. Typical appearance of an engorged tick.
Figure 289.3. Adult female (<italic>right</bold>) and male (<italic>left</bold>) deer ticks. Note the long mouthparts of the female and her light coloring posteriorly. Males rarely attach to human hosts, and then only lightly.
Figure 289.3. Adult female (<italic>right</bold>) and male (<italic>left</bold>) deer ticks. Note the long mouthpa...
Classic bullseye lesion
4.15 Erythema migrans rash of Lyme disease. Lesions tend to be larger than those associated with GA.
From Goodheart HP. Goodheart's Photoguide to Common Skin Disorders: Diagnosis and Management, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
From Goodheart HP. Goodheart's Photogui...
7.23 Acute Lyme disease (erythema migrans). Note the targetlike concentric rings with no scale.
From Goodheart HP. Goodheart's Photoguide to...
20.4 Lyme disease, erythema migrans. A solitary, annular, targetlike, erythematous plaque of erythema migrans is seen.
From Goodheart HP. Go...
20.5 Lyme disease. In this patient, erythema migrans is manifested by concentric rings with resolving central vesicles.
From Goodheart HP. G...
20.6 Lyme disease. Multiple confluent lesions of erythema migrans are noted.
From Goodheart HP. Goodheart's Photoguide to Common Skin Disord...
Erythema migrans on shin. Expanding lesion from tick bite
Multiple EM lesions in a man with fever and arthralgia who subsequently developed Bell's Palsy
Erythema migrans - a classic "bullseye" expanding lesion
Multiple EM lesions in a teenager with fever and arthralgia
Erythema migrans eruption 2 weeks after a known tick bite
Tiny ixodid nymphal tick
Multiple annular lesions of erythema migrans are seen here.
From Goodheart HP. Goodheart's Photoguide to Common Skin Disorders: Diagnosis an...