The Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center at JH Green Spring Station is recruiting research participants for a tetracycline treatment trial ...

You cannot get Lyme disease if you come into contact with someone’s sneeze, cough, or blood. Learn when it is contagious and ...

There is no controlled evidence that viable Borrelia burgdorferipersists in patients with prolonged, subjective symptoms following confirmed Lyme disease. The duration of initial antibiotic ...

Herbs and supplements were the most common treatment offered by the clinics (53 clinics; 45%) followed by non-antibiotic intravenous therapy (26%), unspecified antibiotics (22%), hyperbaric oxygen ...

antibiotics are ethically justified for patients with post-Lyme disease syndromes. These same risks naturally apply to other situations in medicine in which prolonged antibiotic therapy is required.

A new toolkit can help physicians navigate the management of patients with prolonged symptoms after antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease, discussants said during a CDC webinar for clinicians last ...

A significant percentage of patients with Lyme arthritis and other Lyme disease manifestations were positive for anti-RA33 antibodies.

The same ticks that carry Lyme Disease can also transmit Ehrlichiosis at the same time. Without treatment Ehrlichiosis can be fatal. Ehrlichiosis can be treated with the same antibiotic used to treat ...

Meanwhile, her condition continued to deteriorate. “My whole body felt like it was convulsing,” said Mel. “It was like everything was pushing down. My fingers stayed closed, my legs began playing up ...