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Lyme disease

Last reviewed: 9 Dec 2025
Last updated: 07 Feb 2025

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • erythema migrans
  • constitutional symptoms
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Other diagnostic factors

  • facial palsy
  • arthritis or arthralgia
  • regional lymphadenopathy
  • stiff neck
  • lymphocytoma cutis
  • acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
  • atrioventricular (AV) block or myopericarditis
  • radiculoneuropathy
  • encephalomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, encephalopathy
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Risk factors

  • exposure to infected ticks
  • outdoor activities
  • tick bite duration
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • enzyme immunoassay or immunofluorescence assay
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Tests to consider

  • Lyme-specific IgM and IgG (immunoblot assays)
  • skin biopsy culture
  • polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
  • ECG
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治疗流程

初步治疗

known high risk tick bite

急症处理

erythema migrans

cardiac involvement

neurologic disease

arthritis

持续性治疗

recurrent or persistent arthritis

撰稿人

作者

Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
Janak Koirala

Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Division of Infectious Diseases

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Springfield

IL

利益声明

JK declares that he has no competing interests.

鸣谢

Dr Janak Koirala would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Tin Han Htwe and Dr Cristian A. Spiel, previous contributors to this topic.

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THH and CAS declare that they have no competing interests.

同行评议者

Raymond J. Dattwyler, MD

Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology

Chief of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology

New York Medical College

Valhalla

NY

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RJD declares that he has no competing interests.

Ionita Catalina, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery

SUNY at Buffalo

Stroke/Neurocritical Care

Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital - Kaleida Stroke Center

Buffalo

NY

利益声明

IC declares that she has no competing interests.

Graham Fry, MB, FRCSI, DTM&H

Lecturer in Tropical Medicine

University College Dublin

Medical Director

Tropical Medical Bureau

Ireland

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GF declares that he has no competing interests.

Andras Lakos, MD, PhD

Physician

Centre for Tick-Borne Diseases

Budapest

Hungary

利益声明

AL is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

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关键文献

Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, et al. Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 23;72(1):e1-48.全文  摘要

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Yellow Book 2024: health information for international travel. Section 5: travel-associated infections & diseases - Lyme disease. May 2023 [internet publication].全文

Mead P, Petersen J, Hinckley A. Updated CDC recommendation for serologic diagnosis of lyme disease. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Aug 16;68(32):703.全文  摘要

Mygland A, Ljøstad U, Fingerle V, et al; European Federation of Neurological Societies. EFNS guidelines on the diagnosis and management of European Lyme neuroborreliosis. Eur J Neurol. 2010 Jan;17(1):8-16;e1-4.全文  摘要

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Lyme disease. Oct 2018 [internet publication].全文

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