Treatment of Lyme disease
Steere A, Green J, Hutchinson G, Rahn D, Pachner A, Schoen R, Sigal L, Taylor E, Malawista S. Treatment of Lyme disease. International Journal Of Medical Microbiology 1987, 263: 352-356. PMID: 3109144, DOI: 10.1016/s0176-6724(87)80092-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultArthritis, InfectiousChildErythromycinHumansLyme DiseaseNervous System DiseasesPenicillin VRandom AllocationTetracyclineConceptsPenicillin-treated patientsLyme diseaseHigh-dose intravenous penicillinAttacks of arthritisIntravenous penicillin GHalf of patientsMajor late complicationsEarly Lyme diseaseIntramuscular benzathine penicillinIntravenous penicillinLate complicationsAntibiotic therapyArthritis patientsBenzathine penicillinMotor deficitsNeurologic abnormalitiesLate diseaseLate symptomsPatientsPhenoxymethyl penicillinAntibiotic agentsComplete recoveryDiseasePenicillin GArthritis