Lyme disease in children in southeastern Connecticut

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 1270-1274

  Gerber, Michael A ^a,c   Shapiro, Eugene D ^b   Burke, Georgine S ^a   Parcells, Valerie J ^b   Bell, Gillian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029862114     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199610243351703     Document Type: Article

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