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Ceftriaxone Compared with Doxycycline for the Treatment of Acute Disseminated Lyme Disease

1997; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 337; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm199707313370501

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Raymond J. Dattwyler, Benjamin J. Luft, M Künkel, Michael F. Finkel, Gary P. Wormser, Thomas J. Rush, Edgar Grunwaldt, William A. Agger, Michael Franklin, Donald Oswald, Louise Cockey, D. Maladorno,

Tópico(s)

Dermatological diseases and infestations

Resumo

Localized Lyme disease, manifested by erythema migrans, is usually treated with oral doxycycline or amoxicillin. Whether acute disseminated Borrelia burgdorferi infection should be treated differently from localized infection is unknown.

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