Accuracy of recommendations in the Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guidelines for Lyme disease [3]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1135-

  Pollock, Alan A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CALCIUM; DOXYCYCLINE; PLACEBO; TETRACYCLINE; LYME DISEASE VACCINE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LETTER; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFECTION CONTROL; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; INFECTION CONTROL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; LYME DISEASE VACCINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 85047696047     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513030     Document Type: Letter

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