Inside Lyme Podcast with Dr. Daniel Cameron

Anaplasmosis in the brain

January 25, 2022 Dr. Daniel Cameron Season 3 Episode 59
Inside Lyme Podcast with Dr. Daniel Cameron
Anaplasmosis in the brain
Show Notes

In this episode, Dr. Cameron will be discussing the case of a 64-year-old woman with central nervous system involvement of the brain.

The case was first described by Mullholand and colleagues in the British Medical Journal in a paper entitled “Central nervous system involvement of anaplasmosis.” 1

A 64-year-old woman was hospitalized with a 24-hour history of confusion and lethargy. The following morning, her lethargy had worsened and she developed subjective fever, mild headache, nausea, vomiting and increased confusion, according to the authors.