Evidence assessments and guideline recommendations in Lyme disease: the clinical management of known tick bites,
erythema migrans rashes and persistent disease.
One monkey produced a bona fide
erythema migrans rash, seen one week after tick removal (Panel B), whereas the other monkeys produced only small, diffuse erythema at the site of tick feeding (Panel C).
The guidelines cover three common issues faced by clinicians: management of a known tick bite, antibiotic treatment of patients with
erythema migrans rash, and management of patients who remain ill following antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease.
Not exact matches
In the early 1990s, researchers realized its bite could cause a roundish, gradually spreading mottled red
rash that was a virtual ringer for the
erythema migrans (EM)
rash, the classic signature of Lyme disease in the Northeast.
Participants included 10 people with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS); 10 who had high levels of an antibody against B. burgdorferi after antibiotic treatment; five who had
erythema migrans (a bull's - eye
rash) and had received antibiotic treatment in the past; one person with
erythema migrans who began antibiotic therapy at the time of tick placement; and 10 healthy volunteers.
At the bite site a red skin
rash called
erythema migrans forms.
In 1995, a 63 - year - old man with no history of neurological dysfunction presented with the classic Lyme - associated «bulls eye» (
erythema migrans)
rash, tremors, joint pain and swelling.