It has long been observed in clinical practice that a subset of patients with Lyme disease
report a constellation of symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive difficulties, and musculoskeletal …

Chronic Lyme disease is a confusing term that has been used to describe very different
patient populations. Studies have shown that most patients diagnosed with chronic Lyme …

Background: The increased incidence and geographic expansion of Lyme disease has
made it the most common vector-borne infection in North America. Post-treatment Lyme …

Purpose A subset of patients treated for Lyme disease report persistent or recurrent
symptoms of unknown etiology named post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) …

Background The treatment of persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease remains
controversial. We assessed whether longer-term antibiotic treatment of persistent symptoms …

Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is a tick-borne, zoonosis of adults and children caused by
genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. The ailment, widespread …

Lyme disease is an infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which is transmitted
to humans through the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. The majority of patients recover without …

A better understanding of the natural history of Lyme disease and of possible causes for
persisting symptoms other than active infection is needed to optimize management of …

Chronic Lyme disease (CLD) is a poorly defined term that describes the attribution of various
atypical syndromes to protracted Borrelia burgdorferi infection. These syndromes are …

Lyme disease was originally identified in Lyme, Connecticut, based upon an unusual cluster
of what appeared to be patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. It was subsequently …