Clinical assessment of patients with suspected Lyme borreliosis

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 356-360

  Ogrinc, Katarina ^a   Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^b   Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Clinical evaluation; Lyme borreliosis; Suspected Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INSECT STING; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SLOVENIA; TICK BITE;

EID: 48349087472     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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