Common misconceptions about lyme disease

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Halperin, John J ^a,b   Baker, Phillip ^c   Wormser, Gary P ^d  

^a Atlantic Health   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c American Lyme Disease Foundation   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bannwarth syndrome; Borrelia burgdorferi; Diagnosis; Erythema migrans; Lyme disease; Serology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84873720991     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.10.008     Document Type: Review

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