Management of tick bites and early lyme disease: A survey of connecticut physicians

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1367-1370

  Murray, Thomas ^a   Feder Jr , Henry M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythema migrans; Lyme disease; Tick bites

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPIROCHETE; TICK BITE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BITES AND STINGS; CONNECTICUT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TICKS;

EID: 0035199774     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.6.1367     Document Type: Article

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