Rickettsial infections are an unlikely cause of peripheral facial palsy in Southern Jutland, Denmark.
Résumé
Several infectious aetiologies have been associated with peripheral facial palsy, among others Herpes viridae and Borrelia burgdorferi and, rarely, cases of rickettsiosis. In this study, we prospectively included 19 patients with peripheral facial palsy from the Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, and 29 healthy controls to examine infectious causes and risk factors of peripheral facial palsy.