Posts Tagged ‘erythema’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017. The federal CDC case definition of Lyme disease, used to define a sampling of patients for surveillance of the spread of the disease.
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/lyme-disease/case-definition/2017/
Topics: 2017, Borrelia, burgdorferi, CDC, EM, epidemiology, erythema, government, IgG, IgM, Off Site Article, rash, surveillance, test, webpage
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Hellerstrom, 1950. Early observation, well before Alan Steere’s investigation, that a tick bite brought on both a bull’s eye rash and meningitis.
http://scholar.google.com/
Topics: 1950, Afzelius, EM, erythema, Hellerstrom, history, meningitis, rash, symptom, tick
Posted in categories journal, medical, Off Site Article |
Case study of multiple erythema migrans. Includes images.
http://www.jabfm.org/cgi/reprint/21/3/234
Topics: 2008, borreliosis, EM, erythema, Lyme, rash, Salzman, Stonehouse, Studdiford, symptom
Posted in categories image, journal, medical, Off Site Article |
Nemours Foundation. A brief, easy-to-read overview for parents on the cause and incidence of Lyme disease in the US. Also discussed are rash variations, tick removal, early treatment, and prevention. Includes illustrations.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/lyme.html
Topics: 2007, borreliosis, erythema, Ixodes, Lyme, overview, prevention, rash, removal, scapularis, symptom, tick, treatment
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Weill Cornell Medical College. An overview of Lyme to date, with emphasis on skin manifestations, the differential diagnosis, and treatment protocols. Includes charts, images, and maps.
http://www.hss.edu/professional-conditions_13650.asp#Definition
Topics: 2001, antibiotics, borreliosis, diagnosis, ELISA, erythema, Lyme, Magid, overview, rash, skin, treatment, western blot
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Essays of an Information Scientist, University of Pennsylvania, 1989. Garfield credits Afzelius of Sweden as the first person to identify and report on erythema chronicum migrans, in 1909. A letter from Afzelius’ grandson follows. Includes charts, image, and tables.
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p345y1989.pdf
Topics: 1909, 1989, Afzelius, erythema, Garfield, rash, Sweden
Posted in categories chart, image, journal, Off Site Article, science, table |
Smith et al, 2002. One hundred eighteen of the patients engaged in the Lymerix vaccine trial who had erythema migrans were examined. Patients with a rash most usually did not have a classic bull’s eye. Other symptoms described. Includes images, tables.
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/136/6/421.pdf
Topics: 2002, borreliosis, erythema, Holman, Lyme, Lymerix, Nowakowski, Parenti, Persing, Rahn, rash, Schoen, Sikand, Smith, Steere, symptom, vaccine
Posted in categories image, journal, medical, Off Site Article, table |