Long-term outcome of Lyme disease in children given early treatment.
Sixty-three patients treated with appropriate antimicrobial therapy between 1985 and 1990 for physician-documented erythema migrans were identified. A telephone interview program 1 to 6 years after the initial episode of Lyme disease revealed that none of the patients had evidence of carditis, arthritis, or neurologic complications attributable to Lyme disease. A new episode of erythema migrans was reported in 7 (11%) of the patients 1 to 4 years after the initial episode.
Salazar
J C
JC
Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-1515.
Gerber
M A
MA
Goff
C W
CW
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents