Erythema migrans is the most common manifestation of Lyme disease. Recurrences are not uncommon, and although they are usually attributed to reinfection rather than relapse of the original infection, ...

A 68 year old female presented to an urgent care center complaining of three weeks of intermittent low grade temperature accompanied by chills, diffuse myalgias, arthralgias and rash. The patient and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Erythema migrans rashes in the United States most often do not appear as bullseyes, rather, only about a third ...

People presenting with erythema migrans are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease based on clinical assessment, without laboratory testing. Proportion of people diagnosed with Lyme disease based on ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

A 47-year-old man presented with a two-week history of an enlarging red patch on his left thigh, associated with low-grade fever. Although he had recently spent time outdoors while at his cabin in ...

Erythema migrans (EM) is classically described as a flat, blanchable, annular, erythematous skin lesion with or without central clearing, occurring at the site of Borrelia burgdorferi inoculation. The ...

Lyme disease is increasing in both incidence and geographic distribution. Given that the etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, is difficult to culture in routine clinical laboratories, there has been ...