2007
A Critical Appraisal of “Chronic Lyme Disease”
Feder HM, Johnson BJ, O'Connell S, Shapiro ED, Steere AC, Wormser GP, Agger W, Artsob H, Auwaerter P, Dumler J, Bakken J, Bockenstedt L, Green J, Dattwyler R, Munoz J, Nadelman R, Schwartz I, Draper T, McSweegan E, Halperin J, Klempner M, Krause P, Mead P, Morshed M, Porwancher R, Radolf J, Smith R, Sood S, Weinstein A, Wong S, Zemel L. A Critical Appraisal of “Chronic Lyme Disease”. New England Journal Of Medicine 2007, 357: 1422-1430. PMID: 17914043, DOI: 10.1056/nejmra072023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute Lyme diseaseChronic Lyme diseaseLyme diseasePersistent painNeurocognitive symptomsCommon tick-borne infectionSerious public health problemPublic health problemTick-borne infectionsBorrelia burgdorferi sensu strictoBurgdorferi sensu strictoHealth problemsDiseasePainPatientsSymptomsFatigueInfectionDiagnosis
1998
Lyme Arthritis in Children: Clinical Epidemiology and Long-term Outcomes
Gerber M, Zemel L, Shapiro E. Lyme Arthritis in Children: Clinical Epidemiology and Long-term Outcomes. Pediatrics 1998, 102: 905-908. PMID: 9755263, DOI: 10.1542/peds.102.4.905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term outcomesLyme arthritisAppropriate antimicrobial therapyAntimicrobial therapyClinical epidemiologyLyme diseaseMean white blood cell countWhite blood cell countNewington Children's HospitalCells/mm3Pediatric rheumatology clinicTime of diagnosisEarly Lyme diseaseErythrocyte sedimentation rateLong-term followOnset of symptomsBlood cell countStructured telephone interviewActive arthritisChronic arthritisRheumatology clinicArthroscopic synovectomyInitial diagnosisChildren's HospitalTelephone follow