title: Myths and facts about Lyme disease.
abstract: Lyme disease has taken hold in the imagination of the general public and physicians alike. Although the disease is real, the diagnosis is often false. Patients demanding an explanation for feeling out of sorts, and physicians too willing to oblige them with improper use of serologic tests and useless therapies both foster a mythology that conscientious physicians should try to combat. This article debunks the myths and presents the facts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sigal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial