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Ticking the right boxes: classification of patients suspected of Lyme borreliosis at an academic referral center in the Netherlands J. Coumou, E.A. Herkes, M.C. Brouwer, D. van de Beek, S.W. Tas, G. Casteelen, M. van Vugt, M.V. Starink, H.J.C. de Vries, B. de Wever, L. Spanjaard, J.W.R. Hovius Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 368.e11-368.e20 (April 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.11.014 Copyright © 2014 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

FIG. 1 (a) Graphical summary of 200 patients' referral process to AMLC. *Pediatric infectious diseases are also part of AMLC, but only adults were included in this study. (b) Definite (clear) and probable LB (shaded) cases (n = 18) at AMLC from 200 referred patients. ACA, acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; Diss. LB, both early and late disseminated LB; EM, erythema migrans; GP, general practitioner; LB, Lyme borreliosis; LNB, Lyme neuroborreliosis; PTLBS, Post-treatment LB syndrome. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2015 21, 368.e11-368.e20DOI: (10.1016/j.cmi.2014.11.014) Copyright © 2014 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions