PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Longworth, David L.
TI  - The clinical challenge of Lyme disease
DP  - 1990 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 453--463
VI  - 57
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/5/453.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/5/453.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1990 Jul 01; 57
AB  - Lyme disease is a systemic infection with protean clinical manifestations. In the past decade the disease has evolved from a medical curiosity to the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. The diverse clinical manifestations together with the lack of standardized serologic tests pose a significant diagnostic challenge for the practicing physician. The epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and recommended therapy of Lyme borreliosis are reviewed.