PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Leonard H. Sigal
TI  - Myths and facts about Lyme disease
DP  - 1997 Apr 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 203--209
VI  - 64
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/4/203.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/4/203.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1997 Apr 01; 64
AB  - Lyme disease has taken hold in the imagination of the general public and physicians alike. Although the disease is real, the diagnosis is often false. Patients demanding an explanation for feeling out of sorts, and physicians too willing to oblige them with improper use of serologic tests and useless therapies both foster a mythology that conscientious physicians should try to combat. This article debunks the myths and presents the facts.