Lyme arthritis: A comparison of presentation, synovial fluid analysis, and treatment course in children and adults

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1986-1990

  Daikh, Brian E ^a   Emerson, Fred E ^b   Smith, Robert P ^b   Lucas, F Lee ^b   McCarthy, Carol A ^b  

^a Rheumatology Associates   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; DOXYCYCLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889016375     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22086     Document Type: Article

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