Cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi from human tick bite sites: A guide to the risk of infection

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2 PART 1, 1995, Pages 184-187

  Berger, Bernard W ^a   Johnson, Russell C ^b   Kodner, Carrie ^b   Coleman, Lisa ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CASE REPORT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TICKS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028889911     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0190-9622(95)90123-X     Document Type: Article

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