scholarly journals Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis

JAMA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 315 (16) ◽  
pp. 1767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Sanchez ◽  
Edouard Vannier ◽  
Gary P. Wormser ◽  
Linden T. Hu
2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 1089-1134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary P. Wormser ◽  
Raymond J. Dattwyler ◽  
Eugene D. Shapiro ◽  
John J. Halperin ◽  
Allen C. Steere ◽  
...  

Abstract Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (formerly known as human granulocytic ehrlichiosis), and babesiosis were prepared by an expert panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. These updated guidelines replace the previous treatment guidelines published in 2000 (Clin Infect Dis 2000; 31[Suppl 1]:1–14). The guidelines are intended for use by health care providers who care for patients who either have these infections or may be at risk for them. For each of these Ixodes tickborne infections, information is provided about prevention, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment. Tables list the doses and durations of antimicrobial therapy recommended for treatment and prevention of Lyme disease and provide a partial list of therapies to be avoided. A definition of post–Lyme disease syndrome is proposed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold W. Horowitz ◽  
Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld ◽  
Diane Holmgren ◽  
Donna McKenna ◽  
Ira Schwartz ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 954-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary P. Wormser ◽  
Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld ◽  
Mary E. Cox ◽  
John Nowakowski ◽  
Robert B. Nadelman ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana G. Scorpio ◽  
Mustafa Akkoyunlu ◽  
Erol Fikrig ◽  
J. Stephen Dumler

ABSTRACT Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an obligate intracellular bacterium that infects neutrophils and causes human granulocytic anaplasmosis. Infection induces neutrophil secretion of interleukin-8 or murine homologs and perpetuates infection by recruiting susceptible neutrophils. We hypothesized that antibody blockade of CXCR2 would decrease A. phagocytophilum tissue load by interrupting neutrophil recruitment but would not influence murine hepatic pathology. C3H-scid mice were treated with CXCR2 antiserum or control prior to or on day 14 after infection. Quantitative PCR and immunohistochemistry for A. phagocytophilum were performed and severity of liver histopathology was ranked. Control mice had more infected cells in tissues than the anti-CXCR2-treated group. The histopathological rank was not different between treated and control animals. Infected cells of control mice clustered in tissue more than in treated mice. The results support the hypothesis of bacterial propagation through chemokine induction and confirm that tissue injury is unrelated to A. phagocytophilum tissue load.


2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1079-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hagedorn ◽  
Maren Imhoff ◽  
Christian Fischer ◽  
Cristina Domingo ◽  
Matthias Niedrig

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