Meningoencephalitis from Borrelia miyamotoi in an immunocompromised patient.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 17, 2013

Authors

Joseph L Gugliotta1, Heidi K Goethert, Victor P Berardi, Sam R Telford

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, New Jersey, USA.

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