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Lyme chondritis presenting as painless ear erythema.

Pediatrics (2013-05-15)
Hemalatha Srinivasalu, Annemarie C Brescia, Carlos D Rose
ABSTRACT

Erythema of the ear lobe in the context of Lyme disease is caused by either borrelial lymphocytoma or localized erythema migrans. Here we present a case of chondritis limited to the ear cartilage caused by Lyme disease. The patient was treated with ceftriaxone with complete resolution of symptoms.

MATERIALS
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Product Description

Ceftriaxone sodium, European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard
Sigma-Aldrich
Ceftriaxone disodium salt hemi(heptahydrate), third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic