PMID- 21960047
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130220
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1437-160X (Electronic)
IS  - 0172-8172 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 10
DP  - 2012 Oct
TI  - Evaluation of skin thickness lesions in patients with Lyme disease measured by 
      modified Rodnan total skin score.
PG  - 3189-91
AB  - Recently, a possible etiological connection between infection with Borrelia 
      burgdorferi and various skin lesions, including morphea and systemic sclerosis 
      (SSc), has been discussed. The aim of our study was the evaluation of frequency 
      of skin thickening typical of SSc or morphea in the group of patients with Lyme 
      disease (LD) with frequent exposition to tick bites. The group consisted of 110 
      patients with LD frequently exposed to tick bites form the northeastern Poland, 
      which is an endemic area for this disease. To measure the skin lesions, the 
      modified Rodnan total skin score (RTSS) was used. In the analyzed group, no skin 
      changes typical of morphea or skin thickening were found. According to RTSS, all 
      patients scored 0 points. Raynaud's phenomenon in all patients was not found. The 
      relationship between scleroderma or morphea and LD is still a matter of 
      controversy. Described by some authors, cases with LD and scleroderma may be 
      associated with co-existence of B. burgdorferi infection with autoimmune process.
FAU - Moniuszko, A
AU  - Moniuszko A
AD  - Department of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University in 
      Bialystok, Zurawia Street 14, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland. annamoniuszko@op.pl
FAU - Gindzienska-Sieskiewicz, E
AU  - Gindzienska-Sieskiewicz E
FAU - Pancewicz, S A
AU  - Pancewicz SA
FAU - Czupryna, P
AU  - Czupryna P
FAU - Zajkowska, J
AU  - Zajkowska J
FAU - Sierakowski, S
AU  - Sierakowski S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20110930
PL  - Germany
TA  - Rheumatol Int
JT  - Rheumatology international
JID - 8206885
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Borrelia burgdorferi/immunology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lyme Disease/*complications/immunology/microbiology/pathology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Scleroderma, Localized/immunology/microbiology/*pathology
MH  - Scleroderma, Systemic/immunology/microbiology/*pathology
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Skin/immunology/microbiology/*pathology
EDAT- 2011/10/01 06:00
MHDA- 2013/02/21 06:00
CRDT- 2011/10/01 06:00
PHST- 2011/05/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/09/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/10/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/10/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/02/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s00296-011-2157-7 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rheumatol Int. 2012 Oct;32(10):3189-91. doi: 10.1007/s00296-011-2157-7. Epub 2011 
      Sep 30.