Multiple Erythema Lesions Obscured As Fungal Skin Infection

Allma KoÃ§inaj; Antigona GÃ«rÃ§ari; Mybera Ferizi; Edlira Lashi; Lorela Gjunkshi; Monika Fida

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2014.083

Authors

Allma KoÃ§inaj Clinic of Dermatology- UCCK, Dermatology, Tirana
Antigona GÃ«rÃ§ari Clinic of Dermatology- UCCK, Dermatology, Tirana
Mybera Ferizi Clinic of Dermatology- UCCK, Dermatology, Tirana
Edlira Lashi Outpatient Clinic, Family Physician, Tirana
Lorela Gjunkshi University of Florida, Dermatology, Gainesville, Florida
Monika Fida University Hospital Center of Tirana, Dermatology, Tirana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2014.083

Abstract

Erythema migrans is a ring like erythema, with a few centimeters in diameter. Usually it occur solitary, days to weeks after an infected tick bite. According to skin changes it can be manifested acutely such as erythema migrans in Lyme Borreliosis, borrelial lymphocytoma (subacute), or as a late Lyme disease with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans. All stages of this disease can be treatable with antimicrobial agents. As a first case in our department with multiple lesions, we describe a 14-year-old female and review the patientâ€™s clinical and laboratory features, the causes of the disease, diagnosis as well as treatment.

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