Peripheral facial palsy in children: Serum Borrelia antibodies may reduce the need for lumbar puncture
The positive predictive value of serum Bb IgG alone was high in our setting, where nearly half of children with PFP had neuroborreliosis. In high endemic settings, lumbar punctures may be reduced by (i) treating all children with PFP with doxycycline or (ii) treating Bb IgG positive children and performing lumbar puncture in seronegative children.
Authors
- Ulrikka Nygaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2093-5909)
- Malte M. Tetens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-8944)
- Alex Christian Yde Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-0014)
- Jan Gorm Lisby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6416-7550)
- Birgitte Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0843-7875)
- Anne‐Mette Lebech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-3289)
- Lene Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2664-6665)
- Joakim Bloch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9618-3483)
- Nadja Hawwa Vissing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-2727)
- Jonathan Peter Glenthøj
- Lisbeth Samsø Schmidt
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Hvidovre Hospital (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Gentofte Hospital (DK)
- Rigshospitalet (DK)
- Zealand University Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Paediatrica
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.17414
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.21
Funders
- Innovationsfonden