Xenodiagnosis was positive for B. burgdorferi DNA in the person with erythema
migrans who underwent xenodiagnosis early during therapy and in a volunteer with PTLDS.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
Most visceral larva
migrans patients are young children (age 1 to 4) as they are ones
who are at highest risk from oral exposure to contaminated soil.