Browsing by Subject "Lyme Disease"
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Chronic coinfections in patients diagnosed with chronic lyme disease: a systematic review.
(Am J Med, 2014-11)PURPOSE: Often, the controversial diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease is given to patients with prolonged, medically unexplained physical symptoms. Many such patients also are treated for chronic coinfections with Babesia, ... -
Chronic Lyme disease.
(Infect Dis Clin North Am, 2015-06)Chronic Lyme disease is a poorly defined diagnosis that is usually given to patients with prolonged, unexplained symptoms or with alternative medical diagnoses. Data do not support the proposition that chronic, ... -
Chronic Lyme disease: the controversies and the science.
(Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther, 2011-07)The diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease has been embroiled in controversy for many years. This is exacerbated by the lack of a clinical or microbiologic definition, and the commonality of chronic symptoms in the general population. ... -
Final report of the Lyme disease review panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2010-07-01)In April 2008, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) entered into an agreement with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to voluntarily undertake a special review of its 2006 Lyme disease guidelines. ... -
Lyme Disease Serology.
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Lyme disease: authentic imitator or wishful imitation?
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Poor Positive Predictive Value of Lyme Disease Serologic Testing in an Area of Low Disease Incidence.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2015-11-01)BACKGROUND: Lyme disease is diagnosed by 2-tiered serologic testing in patients with a compatible clinical illness, but the significance of positive test results in low-prevalence regions has not been investigated. METHODS: ... -
The Positive Predictive Value of Lyme Elisa for the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Children.
(Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2015-11)By using a Lyme enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), we demonstrated that high ELISA index values are strongly predictive of Lyme disease. In children with clinical presentations consistent with Lyme disease, ELISA ... -
Unorthodox alternative therapies marketed to treat Lyme disease.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2015-06-15)BACKGROUND: Some patients with medically unexplained symptoms or alternative medical diagnoses suspect that they chronically suffer from the tick-borne infection Lyme disease. These patients are commonly targeted by providers ...