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Tick Bites and Lyme Disease in an Endemic Setting: Problematic Use of Serologic Testing and Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy Context.—The use of serologic testing to diagnose Lyme disease (LD) is a sourceof controversy. Expert recommendations also discourage the routine use ofan... AD Fix,GT Stric...
More than 75,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported each year in Europe and the United States. Prophylactic treatment after tick bites is only one part of a plan for primary prevention. Other strategies include checking for ticks, use of... ...
Direct charges for treatment of these 232 patients totaled $47595,one third of which was attributable to serologic testing. A total of 32% ofdirect charges were for patients with tick bites, 48% were for patients withLD, and 20% were for patients with suspected LD.Conclusions.—In this ...