Efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of Lyme disease

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 329-333

  Warshafsky, Stephen ^a   Nowakowski, John ^a   Nadelman, Robert B ^a   Kamer, Russell S ^a   Peterson, Stephen J ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis; Lyme disease; meta analysis; prevention; tick bite

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TICK BITE;

EID: 0030013146     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02600042     Document Type: Article

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