Culture Media for Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato

University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Status: Completed

Conditions: Erythema Migrans

Treatments: Other: MKP media; Other: BSK-H media

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02145754

MKP,BSK-0613

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to compare effectiveness of two different culture media for cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from skin specimens obtained from patients with erythema migrans.

Enrollment: 235 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• erythema migrans in patients > 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy or lactation
• taking antibiotic with antiborrelial activity within 10 days
• erythema migrans localized on face or neck

Each patient (235 subjects) provided two skin samples (470 skin samples).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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235 participants in 1 patient group

MKP media versus BSK-H media

Active Comparator group

Description:

one half of skin specimen obtained from erythema migrans patients was cultivated for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in MKP media and the other half in BSK-H media

Treatment:

Other: BSK-H media

Other: MKP media