Lyme disease

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Key articles

Lantos PM, Rumbaugh J, Bockenstedt LK, et al. Clinical practice puidelines 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.Full text  Abstract

Hengge UR, Tannapfel A, Tyring SK, et al. Lyme borreliosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Aug;3(8):489-500. Abstract

Steere AC. Lyme disease. NN Engl J Med. 2001 Jul 12;345(2):115-25. Abstract

Stanek G, Strle F. Lyme borreliosis. Lancet. 2003 Nov 15;362(9396):1639-47. Abstract

Steere AC, Coburn J, Glickstein L. The emergence of Lyme disease. J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(8):1093-101.Full text  Abstract

Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Wang G, Schwartz I, et al. Diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2005 Jul;18(3):484-509.Full text  Abstract

Steere AC. Lyme disease. NN Engl J Med. 2001 Jul 12;345(2):115-25. Abstract

Singh SK, Girschick HJ. Lyme borreliosis: from infection to autoimmunity. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2004;10:598-614. Abstract

Steere AC, Coburn J, Glickstein L. The emergence of Lyme disease. J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(8):1093-101.Full text  Abstract

Hayes EB, Piesman J. How can we prevent Lyme disease? N Engl J Med. 2003 Jun 12;348(24):2424-30. Abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommendations for test performance and interpretation from the Second National Conference on Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995 Aug 11;44(31):590-1.Full text  Abstract

Huppertz HI, Bartmann P, Heininger U, et al. Rational diagnostic strategies for Lyme borreliosis in children and adolescents: recommendations by the Committee for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinations of the German Academy for Pediatrics and Adolescent Health. Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Nov;171(11):1619-24.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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16. Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Wang G, Schwartz I, et al. Diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2005 Jul;18(3):484-509.Full text  Abstract

17. Steere AC. Lyme disease. NN Engl J Med. 2001 Jul 12;345(2):115-25. Abstract

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20. Steere AC, Coburn J, Glickstein L. The emergence of Lyme disease. J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(8):1093-101.Full text  Abstract

21. Hayes EB, Piesman J. How can we prevent Lyme disease? N Engl J Med. 2003 Jun 12;348(24):2424-30. Abstract

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30. Government of Canada. Lyme disease. October 2019 [internet publication].Full text

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36. Massarotti EM, Luger SW, Rahn DW, et al. Treatment of early Lyme disease. Am J Med. 1992 Apr;92(4):396-403. Abstract

37. Nadelman RB, Luger SW, Frank E, et al. Comparison of cefuroxime axetil and doxycycline in the treatment of early Lyme disease. Ann Intern Med. 1992 Aug 15;117(4):273-80. Abstract

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40. Eppes SC, Childs JA. Comparative study of cefuroxime axetil versus amoxicillin in children with early Lyme disease. Pediatrics. 2002 Jun;109(6):1173-7. Abstract

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43. Berende A, Ter Hofstede HJM, Vos FJ, et al. Effect of prolonged antibiotic treatment on cognition in patients with Lyme borreliosis. Neurology. 2019 Mar 26;92(13):e1447-55.Full text  Abstract

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70. Berende A, ter Hofstede HJ, Vos FJ, et al. Randomized trial of longer-term therapy for symptoms attributed to Lyme disease. N Engl J Med. 2016 Mar 31;374(13):1209-20.Full text  Abstract

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