Solitary erythema migrans in Georgia and South Carolina

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1317-1326

  Felz, Michael W ^a   Chandler Jr , Francis W ^a   Oliver Jr , James H ^b   Rahn, Daniel W ^a   Schriefer, Martin E ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032727483     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.11.1317     Document Type: Article

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