Lyme wars

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7626, 2007, Pages 910-912

  Tonks, Alison ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LYME DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 35948985129     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39363.530961.ad     Document Type: Short Survey

References (14)

1. Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, et al. The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2006;43:1089-134.
2. Cameron D, Gaito A, Harris N, Bach G, Bellovin S, Bock K, et al. Evidence-based guidelines for the management of Lyme disease. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2004;2(1 suppl):S1-13.
3. Connecticut Department of Public Health. Lyme disease. 26 Sep 2007. www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3136&pm=1&Q=395590&dphNav_GID= 1601.
4. State of Connecticut Attorney General's Office. Verbatim proceedings of a public hearing of the State of Connecticut. Department of Public Health, In Re: Lyme Disease, held January 29, 2004 at 9:00 am. www.ct.gov/ag/lib/ag/ health/0129lyme.pdf
5. Lyme Disease Association. Historic move by CT attorney general to investigate IDSA guidelines process. Press release 16 Nov 2006. www.Lymediseaseassociation.org/NewsReleases/20061116.html.
6. Infectious Diseases Society of America. From the President: IDSA stands up for lyme disease guidelines. IDSA News 2007;17(2). www.idsociety.org/newsArticle.aspx?id=4262.
7. Smith P. State legislation in the limelight. www. Lymediseaseassociation.org/LegHowTo.html.
8. Masur H. Letter to chairman of Health and Human Services Committee National Governors Association, 7 Aug 2007. www.idsociety.org/WorkArea/ showcontent.aspx?id=6452.
9. Tibbles CD, Edlow JA. Does this patient have erythema migrans? JAMA 2007;297:2617-27
10. Wormser GP. Early Lyme disease. N Engl J Med 2006;354:2794-801.
11. Feder HM, Johnson BJB, O'Connell S, Shapiro ED, Steere AC, Wormser GP. A critical appraisal of chronic Lyme disease. N Engl J Med 2007;357:1422-30.
12. Klempner MS, Hu LT, Evans J, Schmid CH, Johnson GM, Trevino RP, et al. Two controlled trials of antibiotic treatment in patients with persistent symptoms and a history of Lyme disease. N Engl J Med 2001;345:85-92.
13. Notice to readers: caution regarding testing for Lyme disease. MMWR 2005;54:125.
14. Notice to readers: recommendations for test performance and interpretation from the second national conference on serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 1995;44:590-1.