Medicina clinica
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February 2025
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Case Reports Observational Study
Neuroborreliosis at the region of Asturias, Spain (2009-2022): Analysis of 38 cases.
Diagnosis of neurological involvement in Lyme disease is based on two-step serological testing and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis. In Spain its incidence is much lower than in other European countries, being Asturias the region with the highest incidence. We tried to analyse the clinical and epidemiological aspects in the main hospital in Asturias. ⋯ Despite the high incidence of Lyme disease in Asturias, the cases based on hospital admission that can be classified as active disease are lower than those published based on hospital coding. The main source of diagnostic error is positive serological results, without other clinical context, especially in patients studied for cognitive impairment or encephalopathy.