Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcome of Early Lyme Disease in Patients with Microbiologically Confirmed Erythema Migrans

P. Smith, Robert; T. Schoen, Robert; W. Rahn, Daniel; K. Sikand, Vijay; Nowakowski, John; Parenti, Dennis; S. Holman, Mary; H. Persing, David; C. Steere, Allen

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-6-200203190-00005

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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcome of Early Lyme Disease in Patients with Microbiologically Confirmed Erythema Migrans

Published in Annals of Internal Medicine • Mar 19, 2002

Authors:

Robert P. Smith

Robert T. Schoen

Daniel W. Rahn

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Lyme disease has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Diagnosis is usually based on the clinical and serologic picture rather than on microbiological confirmation. OBJECTIVE: To examine the clinical presentation and treatment outcome of early Lyme disease in patients with microbio...

Subject

Erythema migrans

Medicine

Borrelia burgdorferi

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