@ARTICLE{Stażyk_Katarzyna_Analysis_2019, author={Stażyk, Katarzyna and Czepiel, Jacek and Gumulska, Martyna and Garlicki, Aleksander and Biesiada, Grażyna}, volume={vol. 59}, number={No 1}, journal={Folia Medica Cracoviensia}, pages={5-14}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum}, abstract={Lyme disease is an emerging problem in Poland. Analysis has been undertaken of the medical documentation of 86 patients hospitalized in the Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital in Cracow in 2013–2016, suspected of Lyme arthritis. It has especially considered medical history including potential exposure to the infection, detailed characteristics of the symptoms, diagnostic challenges and results of the treatment. Only some patients had a history of erythema migrans and not all of them recalled tick-bite. The majority of the patients had affected large joints, especially knee joints, and polyarthritis was rarely observed. Symptoms were resolved completely or partially after antibiotic treatment in most patients. The diagnosis of Lyme arthritis in areas endemic for Lyme disease is still a diagnostic challenge in patients with other rheumatic diseases, including osteoarthritis.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Analysis of cases of Lyme arthritis in patients hospitalized in Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital in Cracow}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/111698/PDF/FMC%201-19%201-Stazyk.pdf}, doi={10.24425/fmc.2019.128022}, keywords={Lyme disease, Lyme arthritis, treatment of Lyme arthritis}, }