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Early Lyme Therapy With Antibiotics Advised
Physicians who practice in areas where many deer ticks are infected with Borrelia burgdorferi should institute antibiotic therapy soon after patients are bitten, rather than waiting for a “bull’s-eye” rash to appear, according to a study by a Denver physician. But while some experts agreed with the findings of The New England Journal of Medicine... »
New Test Detects Antibody, Certifies Lyme Disease
Researchers at the Gundersen Medical Foundation here report they have developed the first definitive test for Lyme disease. Called the Gundersen Lyme Test, it detects bacteria killing antibody found in the blood of people with the disease. “Since this antibody develops only in persons with Lyme disease and kills only the Lyme organism, its detection with... »
Lyme Disease
Physicians who practice in areas where Lyme disease is endemic should, under certain circumstances, begin patients on antibiotic therapy soon after a deer tick bites them rather than waiting for the characteristic “bull’s-eye” rash to appear, advised a Colorado physician in The New England Journal of Medicine. The Denver General Hospital physician and colleagues... »
Lyme Disease
Researchers at the Gundersen Medical Foundation in La Crosse, Wise, announced that they had developed the first definitive test for Lyme disease. The laboratory kit detects a borreliacidal antibody active in the body seven days after exposure. An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration concluded that the widely used sleeping pill triazolam (Halcion,... »