Table 1 Patient’s characteristics. Age and duration of symptoms to diagnosis are presented by median with lowest and highest values
From: Common and uncommon neurological manifestations of neuroborreliosis leading to hospitalization
Clinical features | Patients (number) | Age (years) | Males (number) | Tick bite and/or erythema migrans (number) | Duration of symptoms (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients | 68 | 45 (5–93) | 44/68 | 23/68 | 16 (1–733) |
Cranial nerve palsy | 34 | 40 (6–77) | 23/34 | 10/34 | 7 (1–121) |
 Facial nerve palsy | 29 | 34 (6–77) | 16/29 | 9/29 | 7 (1–121) |
  Isolated facial nerve palsy | 11 | 26 (6–73) | 7/11 | 4/11 | 4 (1–15) |
   + Radiculitis | 8 | 57 (18–77) | 6/8 | 2/8 | 18 (2–49) |
   + Meningitis | 6 | 67 (30–93) | 4/6 | 2/6 | 7 (3–21) |
   + Radiculitis + meningitis | 4 | (34, 43, 44, 57) | 3/4 | 1/4 | (2, 21, 28, 121) |
 Oculomotor nerve palsy | 5 | 53 (38–76) | 2/5 | 1/5 | 53 (38–76) |
  Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy | 2 | (76, 42) | 1/2 | 0/2 | (2, 7) |
   + Meningitis/Radiculitis | 3 | (26, 38, 53) | 1/3 | 1/3 | (11, 25, 26) |
Radiculitis | 17 | 67 (5–93) | 10/17 | 9/17 | 20 (3–379) |
 Isolated radiculitis | 14 | 67 (5–93) | 8/14 | 8/14 | 18 (3–379) |
  + Meningitis | 3 | (13, 65, 75) | 2/3 | 0/3 | (3, 22, 30) |
Encephalitis | 8 | 70 (8–79) | 7/8 | 2/8 | 183 (1–732) |
 Chronic course | 5 | 74 (67–79) | 4/5 | 0/5 | 186 (81–732) |
 Acute/Subacute onset | 3 | (8, 11, 45) | 3/3 | 2/3 | (1, 1, 38) |
Myelitis | 5 | 37 (7–64) | 4/5 | 0/5 | 126 (23–733) |
Meningitis | 4 | (22, 34, 45, 64) | 0/4 | 2/4 | (1, 4, 7, 120) |