Longer Course Therapy for Lyme Disease Is Not Beneficial.

Longer Course Therapy for Lyme Disease Is Not Beneficial.

Watkins Richard R

Infectious Disease Alert

2016

2016-05

A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial from the Netherlands found that longer-term antibiotic therapy fo r Lyme disease did not improve health-related quality o f life compared to a standard course of treatment.

Quality of Life; Netherlands; Treatment Outcomes; Treatment Duration; Antibiotics – Pharmacodynamics; Ceftriaxone – Administration and Dosage; Antibiotics – Administration and Dosage; Doxycycline – Administration and Dosage; Clarithromycin – Administration and Dosage; Hydroxychloroquine – Administration and Dosage; Lyme Disease – Drug Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trials – Netherlands

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