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Case Reports
. 2020 Feb 4;172(3):222-224.
doi: 10.7326/L19-0483. Epub 2019 Oct 22.

Fatal Lyme Carditis in New England: Two Case Reports

Grace E Marx  1 , Jillian Leikauskas  2 , Katherine Lindstrom  3 , Erin Mann  4 , Sarah Reagan-Steiner  5 , Eduard Matkovic  5 , Jennifer S Read  6 , Patsy Kelso  2 , Natalie A Kwit  2 , Alison F Hinckley  1 , Mark A Levine  2 , Catherine Brown  4
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Fatal Lyme Carditis in New England: Two Case Reports

Grace E Marx et al. Ann Intern Med. .
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Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L19-0483.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Erythema migrans on initial examination of the patient from Vermont.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Borrelia burgdorferi spirochete (arrowhead) in postmortem endocardial tissue of the Massachusetts patient, demonstrated by Warthin–Starry silver stain.
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