title: Systemic symptoms without erythema migrans as the presenting picture of early Lyme disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology/Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. asteere@partners.org
authors.forename: Allen C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Steere
authors.forename: Alpana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: Jesus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Vijay K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sikand
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Schoen
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nowakowski
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McHugh
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Persing
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012698:Serologic Tests; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D004318:Doxycycline