title: Tick-borne illnesses: a CME update.
abstract: North American tick-borne illnesses are a group of important emerging diseases whose incidence has been increasing for the past decade. Emergency physicians may be the first contact for patients with symptoms of tick-borne illness, thus it is important that these diseases remain on a physicians' differential diagnosis when presented with an appropriate clinical presentation. This CME activity provides an overview of the most common tick-borne illnesses in North America and will help physicians evaluate their clinical presentation, order appropriate diagnostic tests, develop pediatric treatment recommendations, and prepare to include tick-borne illnesses in the differential diagnosis of pediatric patients presenting with multisystem disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, BC Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Katrina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stockley
authors.forename: Ran D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D001733:Bites and Stings; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013987:Ticks; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014406:Tularemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents