Empiric antibiotics for children with suspected Lyme disease. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2022 Sep;13(5):101989
Date
06/28/2022Pubmed ID
35759989DOI
10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101989Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85132874057 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 1 CitationAbstract
In our prospective cohort of children undergoing evaluation for non-cutaneous Lyme disease, 02 (13.9% of those with Lyme disease) were not initially treated with an appropriate antibiotics and 356 (13.3% without Lyme disease) received potentially unnecessary antibiotics. Rapid and accurate diagnostics are needed to further improve initial antibiotic treatment decisions.
Author List
Garro AC, Thompson AD, Neville DN, Balamuth F, Levas MN, Kharbanda AB, Bennett JE, Grant DS, Aresco RK, Nigrovic LE, Pedi Lyme Net NetworkAuthor
Michael Levas MD Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Anti-Bacterial AgentsChild
Cohort Studies
Humans
Lyme Disease
Prospective Studies
