Pfister H W, Preac-Mursic V, Wilske B, Rieder G, Förderreuther S, Schmidt S, Kapfhammer H P
Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Neurology. 1993 Feb;43(2):433-5. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.2.433.
We report a 19-year-old patient who presented with an acute encephalopathy manifested by catatonia. We isolated Borrelia burgdorferi from the CSF and demonstrated intrathecal production of IgG antibodies against B burgdorferi. The patient completely recovered after intravenous ceftriaxone therapy.