Bannwah’s syndrome develops secondary to infection with
Correct Answer: T. pallidum
Description: Answer- B. T. pallidumIt is also called neuroborrelisosis.It is secondary to infection with B. burgdorferi.Meningeal irritation may develop early in Lyme disease when erphema migrans is present.untreated patients develop frank neurologic abnormalities, including meningitis,subtle encephalitic signs, cranial neuritis (including bilateral facial palsy), motor or sensory radiculoneuropathy, peripheral neuropathy, mononeuritis multiplex, cerebellar ataxia, or myelitis.In Europe and Asia, the first neurologic sign is characteristically radicular pain, which is followed by the development of CSF pleocytosis (called meningopolyneuritis, or Bannwah's syndrome ); meningeal or encephalitic signs are frequently absent.
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