Good outcomes of Lyme arthritis in 24 patients in an endemic area of Switzerland

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Renaud, Isabelle ^a   Cachin, Claude ^b   Gerster, Jean Charles ^c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Orbe Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme arthritis; Tick

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND; SYNOVIORTHESIS; TICK BITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842288756     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(03)00160-X     Document Type: Article

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