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SUBMITTER: Kerndt CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7292967 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in cardiology 20200603
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the United States due to <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> infection. This case demonstrates a 20-year-old male patient presenting with complaints of annular skin rash, malaise, fever, and lightheadedness after significant outdoor exposure. Physical exam revealed multiple large targetoid lesions on the back and extremities. The rash had raised borders and centralized clearing consistent with erythema migrans chronicum. Electrocardiogram (ECG) revea ...[more]