2006
The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Bakken JS, Strle F, Stanek G, Bockenstedt L, Fish D, Dumler JS, Nadelman RB. The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006, 43: 1089-1134. PMID: 17029130, DOI: 10.1086/508667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious Diseases SocietyHuman granulocytic anaplasmosisDiseases SocietyLyme diseasePost-Lyme disease syndromeGranulocytic anaplasmosisPrevious treatment guidelinesManagement of patientsClinical practice guidelinesEvidence-based guidelinesHealth care providersTickborne infectionTreatment guidelinesClinical manifestationsAntimicrobial therapyClinical assessmentPractice guidelinesCare providersDisease syndromeExpert panelDiseasePreventionPatientsTherapyInfection
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
1996
Lyme Disease in Children in Southeastern Connecticut
Gerber M, Shapiro E, Burke G, Parcells V, Bell G. Lyme Disease in Children in Southeastern Connecticut. New England Journal Of Medicine 1996, 335: 1270-1274. PMID: 8857006, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199610243351703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErythema migrans lesionsSingle erythema migrans lesionLyme diseaseErythema migransClinical manifestationsMultiple erythema migrans lesionsCommunity-based cohort studyFacial nerve palsyInitial clinical manifestationPrompt clinical responseEarly Lyme diseasePercent of childrenConventional antimicrobial therapyMultiple erythemaClinical responseCohort studyAseptic meningitisConsecutive patientsMedian ageProspective dataAntimicrobial therapyAntibody testNew episodesPatientsLesions
1981
870 CATHETER RELATED BACTEREMIA IN ONCOLOGY PATIENTS WITH INDWELLING BROVIAC CATHETERS
Shapiro E, Spiegelman K, Wald E, Nelson K, Michaels R. 870 CATHETER RELATED BACTEREMIA IN ONCOLOGY PATIENTS WITH INDWELLING BROVIAC CATHETERS. Pediatric Research 1981, 15: 587-587. DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198104001-00895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBroviac cathetersFocus of infectionBacteremic infectionsOncology patientsPeripheral veinSuperior venaVascular accessAntimicrobial therapyNineteen childrenCandida infectionsVascular instabilityMedical failureInfectionBacteremiaCatheterKlebsiella pneumoniaeNegative rodsEnterobacter cloacaeStaphylococcus epidermidisStaphylococcus aureusChildrenPseudomonas aeruginosaCandida tropicalisNeutropeniaChemotherapy