Southern tick-associated rash illness: Erythema migrans is not always Lyme disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 759-760

  Blanton, Lucas ^a   Keith, Brad ^a   Brzezinski, Walter ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythema migrans; Lyme disease; Southern tick associated rash illnesses

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SOUTHERN TICK ASSOCIATED RASH ILLNESS; TICK BITE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; MIDDLE AGED; RASH; SEROLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TICKS;

EID: 62849127210     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31817a8b3f     Document Type: Article

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