Development of erythema migrans in spite of treatment with antibiotics after a tick bite

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 13-14, 2002, Pages 616-619

  Maraspin, Vera ^a   Lotrič Furlan, Stanka ^a   Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Lyme borreliosis; Tick bite

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK BITE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IXODES; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLOVENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTICS; AZITHROMYCIN; BITES AND STINGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREMEDICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037205677     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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