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Title

Lyme disease / Daniel W. Rahn, Janine Evans.

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : American College of Physicians, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Evans, Janine, 1955-
• Rahn, Daniel W. (Daniel Wallace), 1950-

Description

viii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm.

Summary

• Concise descriptions of the clinical evidence of Lyme disease appear throughout the text. Brief case studies highlight the chapters. An entire section of Clinical Vignettes tests the reader's knowledge and shows how experts approach commonly encountered clinical dilemmas. An FDA Public Health Advisory on the potential for misdiagnosis of Lyme disease is provided as an appendix.
• Lyme Disease, the first book in the new Key Diseases series from the American College of Physicians, provides a practical approach to this often misdiagnosed or under-recognized illness.

Series Statement

Key diseases series ; 1

Uniform Title

ACP key diseases series ; 1.

Subjects

• Lyme Disease
• Lyme disease

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Daniel W. Rahn and Janine Evans -- 1. Epidemiology, Ecology, and Prevention of Lyme Disease / David T. Dennis -- 2. Natural History of Lyme Disease / Daniel W. Rahn -- 3. Management of Tick Bites and Early Lyme Disease / Robert E. Nadelman and Gary P. Wormser -- 4. Lyme Carditis / Janine Evans -- 5. Neurologic Manifestations of Lyme Disease / Eric L. Logigian -- 6. Musculoskeletal Features of Lyme Disease / Allen C. Steere -- 7. Lyme Disease in Children / Eugene D. Shapiro -- 8. Long-Term Consequences of Lyme Disease / Leonard H. Sigal -- 9. Lyme Disease Vaccine: Current Status / Robert T. Schoen and Erol Fikrig -- 10. Use of the Laboratory in the Confirmation and Management of Lyme Disease / Leonard H. Sigal -- 11. Disease Management in Lyme Disease: From Consensus to Care / Anthony D. So and Daniel W. Rahn -- Clinical Vignettes. Case 1. A Man with an Expanding Rash on His Lower Leg, Despite Treatment with Doxycycline / Robert B. Nadelman.
• Case 2. A Woman with Worsening Symptoms on Initiation of Antibiotics, Followed by Erythema and Paresthesias / Robert B. Nadelman. Case 3. A Man with Leukopenia, Thrombocytopenia, and Mild Liver Abnormalities Occurring After a Recent Tick Bite / Robert B. Nadelman. Case 4. An Elderly Woman with Abrupt Swelling in One Knee / Allen C. Steere. Case 5. A Perimenopausal Woman with Persistent Multijoint Pain and Swelling, Unresponsive to Antibiotics, Following an Untreated Erythema Migrans-like Rash / Allen C. Steere. Case 6. A Previously Healthy 10-year-old Girl with Acute Onset of Complete Heart Block / Janine Evans. Case 7. Lyme Disease as a Possible Cause of Attention-Deficit Disorder and Persistent Knee Pain in an 11-year-old Boy / Eugene D. Shapiro. Case 8. A 7-year-old Boy with Facial Palsy Beginning 9 Months After Receiving a Tick Bite / Eugene D. Shapiro. Case 9. Chronic Recurring Symptoms Despite Antibiotic Therapy / Leonard H. Sigal.
• Case 10. A 16-year-old Girl with Long-standing, Widespread Joint Pain, Headaches, Nausea, and Excessive Tiredness / Leonard H. Sigal. Case 11. A Pregnant Woman with Possible Tick Bite / Leonard H. Sigal. Case 12. A Pregnant Woman with Possible Erythema Migrans / Leonard H. Sigal. Case 13. A Vaccine Recipient Who Develops Arthralgia and Fatigue / Robert T. Schoen -- App. FDA Public Health Advisory: Assays for Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, Limitations, Use, and Interpretation for Supporting a Clinical Diagnosis of Lyme Disease.

ISBN

0943126584 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97003304

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries