“Double Trouble”: Severe Meningoencephalitis Due to Borrelia burgdorferi and Powassan Virus Co-Infection Successfully Treated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Igor Dumic; Bridget Glomski; Janki Patel; Terri Nordin; Charles W. Nordstrom; Lawrence J. Sprecher; Eric Niendorf; Amteshwar Singh; Kosana Simeunovic; Anand Subramanian; Oladapo Igandan; Danilo Vitorovic

doi:10.12659/AJCR.929952

24 March 2021 : Case report USA

“Double Trouble”: Severe Meningoencephalitis Due to Borrelia burgdorferi and Powassan Virus Co-Infection Successfully Treated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Igor Dumic^12ABCDEFG*, Bridget Glomski^3ABCDEFG, Janki Patel^4CD, Terri Nordin^23E, Charles W. Nordstrom^12EG, Lawrence J. Sprecher^12EG, Eric Niendorf^5BE, Amteshwar Singh^6DEF, Kosana Simeunovic^7AF, Anand Subramanian^12CD, Oladapo Igandan^12EG, Danilo Vitorovic^8ACDEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.929952

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e929952

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Figure 1. Axial contrast-enhanced T1 image of the brain demonstrating normal appearance of the thalamus. No abnormal intracranial enhancement. Mild diffuse dural enhancement is within normal limits.

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“Double Trouble”: Severe Meningoencephalitis Due to Borrelia burgdorferi and Powassan Virus Co-Infection Successfully Treated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin

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