Isolation and cultivation of Borrelia lusitaniae from the blood of a patient with multiple erythema migrans
The results presented here is the first Borrelia isolate from the blood of a patient with the clinical manifestation of LB-disseminated EM. The presented results confirm the potential of B. lusitaniae for dissemination via the hematogenous route.
Authors
- Snežana Tomanović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8275-5885)
- Darko Mihaljica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9673-1769)
- Ratko Sukara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4778-5215)
- Gorana Veinović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8606-319X)
- Nataša Katanić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4571-7633)
- Jasmina Poluga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5237-8174)
- Jovan Malinić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5685-0871)
Institutions
- Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism (RS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.20497
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.59
Funders
- Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja