The main purpose of this study is to compare effectiveness of two different culture media for cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from skin specimens obtained from patients with erythema migrans.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
235
one half of skin specimen was put in MKP media
one half of skin specimen was put in BSK-H media
UMC Ljubljana, Department of Infectious Diseases
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Detection of Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato by Microscopy in Dark Field (Positive vs. Negative)
number of erythema migrans skin samples with Borrelia Burgdorferi sensu lato detected by Microscopy in Dark Field
Time frame: weekly examination during 9 weeks of cultivating for individual specimen
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