Borrelia garinii spirochetemia in a previously healthy child presenting with Streptococcus anginosus group brain abscess: a case report.
BACKGROUND The clinical significance of transient Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex (hereafter referred to as B. burgdorferi) spirochetemia remains poorly understood and has rarely been documented. We report the isolation of viable B. garinii genospecies from the blood of a previously healthy child presenting wit...