Lyme disease From: Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: Wright, Donna | Copyright American Academy of Nurse Practitioners May 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Purpose

To review the presentation, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease in primary care.

Data Sources

Selected articles from the scientific literature and the Centers for Disease Control.

Conclusions

Lyme disease is a tick-borne, multisystem inflammatory disease with worldwide distribution caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme disease is initially characterized by a spreading, annular erythema migrans skin rash and can disseminate to...

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