Persistence of serum antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in patients treated for lyme disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 788-793

  Feder, Henry M ^a,b   Gerber, Michael A ^a,b   Luger, Stephen W ^a,b   Ryan, Raymond W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Old Lyme Family Practice ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RECURRENCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0026465373     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clind/15.5.788     Document Type: Article

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