Prevention of Lyme Disease after Tick Bites
Magid D, Schwartz B, Craft J, Schwartz J. Prevention of Lyme Disease after Tick Bites. New England Journal Of Medicine 1992, 327: 534-541. PMID: 1298217, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199208203270806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTick biteProbability of infectionLyme diseaseOnly patientsEmpirical therapyErythema migransEmpirical treatmentBurgdorferi infectionAdditional minor complicationsMost major complicationsWeeks of doxycyclinePositive serologic testsDisease one monthEndemic Lyme diseaseBorrelia burgdorferi infectionB. burgdorferi infectionAdverse eventsMinor complicationsMost complicationsMajor complicationsEarly treatmentSerologic testsPatientsComplicationsInfection