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Long-term Assessment of Post-Treatment Symptoms in Patients With Culture-Confirmed Early Lyme Disease.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Dec 2015
Weitzner Erica, McKenna Donna, Nowakowski John, Scavarda Carol, Dornbush Rhea, Bittker Susan, Cooper Denise, Nadelman Robert B, Visintainer Paul, Schwartz Ira, Wormser Gary P
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BACKGROUND: Lyme disease patients with erythema migrans are said to have post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms (PTLDS) if there is persistence of subjective symptoms for at least 6 months following antibiotic treatment and resolution of the skin lesion. The purpose of this study was to characterize PTLDS in patients with culture-confirmed early Lyme disease followed for >10 years. METHODS: Adult patients with...
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