Long-term outcome of Lyme disease in children given early treatment

J Pediatr. 1993 Apr;122(4):591-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83541-3.

Abstract

Sixty-three patients treated with appropriate antimicrobial therapy between 1985 and 1990 for physician-documented erythema migrans were identified. A telephone interview program 1 to 6 years after the initial episode of Lyme disease revealed that none of the patients had evidence of carditis, arthritis, or neurologic complications attributable to Lyme disease. A new episode of erythema migrans was reported in 7 (11%) of the patients 1 to 4 years after the initial episode.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Cohort Studies
  • Connecticut / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Lyme Disease / drug therapy
  • Lyme Disease / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Recurrence
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents