Lyme Arthritis in children and adolescents: Outcome 12 months after initiation of antibiotic therapy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2025-2030

  Bentas, W ^a   Karch, H ^a   Huppertz, H I ^a  

^a Zentralkrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Children; Lyme arthritis; Outcome; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ROXITHROMYCIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; ROXITHROMYCIN; STEROIDS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0033844150     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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