Incidence and Patterns of Extended-Course Antibiotic Therapy in Patients Evaluated for Lyme Disease
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Incidence and Patterns of Extended-Course Antibiotic Therapy in Patients Evaluated for Lyme Disease.
BACKGROUND Most patients with Lyme disease (LD) can be treated effectively with 2-4 weeks of antibiotics. The Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines do not currently recommend extended treatment even in patients with persistent symptoms. METHODS To estimate the incidence of extended use of antibiotics in patients evaluated for LD, we retrospectively analyzed claims from a nationwide...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ636