2005
A comparison of two treatment regimens of ceftriaxone in late Lyme disease
Dattwyler R, Wormser G, Rush T, Finkel M, Schoen R, Grunwaldt E, Franklin M, Hilton E, Bryant G, Agger W, Maladorno D. A comparison of two treatment regimens of ceftriaxone in late Lyme disease. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 2005, 117: 393-397. PMID: 16053194, DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0361-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate Lyme diseaseDays of therapyLyme diseaseSerologic criteriaClinical cure rateMulti-center studyEvaluable patientsOpen labelAdverse eventsClinical responseClinical subsetsTreatment failureTreatment regimensCure rateEntry criteriaObjective abnormalitiesSerologic resultsSerologic reactivityPatientsLast evaluationOptimal durationCeftriaxoneDiseaseTherapyBorrelia burgdorferi
1991
Treatment of refractory chronic Lyme arthritis with arthroscopic synovectomy
Schoen R, Aversa J, Rahn D, Steere A. Treatment of refractory chronic Lyme arthritis with arthroscopic synovectomy. Arthritis & Rheumatism 1991, 34: 1056-1060. PMID: 1859481, DOI: 10.1002/art.1780340817.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic Lyme arthritisLyme arthritisArthroscopic synovectomyMild functional limitationsLong-term followupRecurrent synovitisJoint inflammationAntibiotic therapyFollowup periodFunctional limitationsPatientsArthritisFirst monthSynovectomyFollowupSynovitisInflammationSurgeryTherapyKneeDiseaseMonths