InhaltsangabeI History.- 1 History of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe.- 2 The Historical Road to the Discovery of Borrelia burgdorferi.- II Characteristics of Borrelia burgdorfer.- 3 Ultrastructure of Borrelia burgdorferi.- 4 Biology of Borrelia burgdorferi.- III Ecology and Histopathology of Lyme Borreliosis.- 5 The Ecology of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe.- 6 Histopathology of Human Lyme Borreliosis.- IV Clinical Features of Lyme Borreliosis.- 7 Clinical Overview.- 8 Erythema Migrans and Early Signs and Symptoms.- 9 Borrelial Lymphocytoma.- 10 Lyme Carditis.- 11 Early Neurological Involvement (Bannwarth's Syndrome).- 12 Joint Manifestations.- 13 Myalgia, Myositis, and Fasciitis.- 14 Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans.- 15 Chronic Central Nervous System Involvement.- 16 Chronic Peripheral Neuropathy.- 17 Lyme Borreliosis in Childhood and Pregnancy.- 18 Localized Scleroderma and Liehen Sclerosus et Atrophicus: Manifestations of a Borrelia burgdorferi Infection?.- 19 Ocular Manifestations.- 20 Borrelial Dermatomyositis-like Syndrome.- V Microbiological Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis.- 21 Microbiological Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis.- VI Therapy of Lyme Borreliosis.- 22 Antibiotic Susceptibility of Borrelia burgdorferi. In Vitro and In Vivo.- 23 Therapy of Cutaneous Manifestations.- 24 Therapy of Lyme Neuroborreliosis.- 25 Therapy of Joint Manifestations.- 26 Therapy of Lyme Carditis.- 27 Therapy of Tick Bite.- 28 Critical Remarks on Antibiotic Therapy.- VII Epidemiology of Lyme Borreliosis.- 29 Epidemiology of Lyme Borreliosis.- Color plates I-IV.