Malpractice. The delivery of substandard care or services by a lawyer, doctor, dentist, accountant, or other professional. Generally, malpractice occurs when a professional fails to provide the quality of care that should reasonably be expected in the circumstances, with the result that a patient or client is harmed.
An UpToDate review on Nervous system Lyme disease (Halperin, 2011) states that [s]ince Lyme encephalomyelitis is so rare, MRI of the brain and spine is only rarely abnormal in Lyme disease. When present, encephalomyelitis is evident on MRI as areas of increased signal on T2 and FLAIR sequences.
Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi). Lyme disease is a reportable disease in Oklahoma. Lyme disease is a potentially serious disease caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi).Humans and animals can become infected with B. burgdorferi, following the bite of an infected deer tick, also called the âblack-legged tickâ.lthough rare, it appears possible to get Lyme disease in Oklahoma. Please visit the links below for additional information on Lyme disease. The diagnosis and classification of Lyme disease is further confounded by the presence of a newly identified tickborne disease called Southern Tick Associate Rash Illness (STARI).