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Co-infections in Persons with Early Lyme Disease, New York, USA by Wormser, Gary P, McKenna, Donna, Scavarda, Carol, Cooper, Denise, El Khoury, Marc Y, Nowakowski, John, Sudhindra, Praveen, Ladenheim, Alexander, Wang, Guiqing, Karmen, Carol L, Demarest, Valerie, Dupuis, 2nd, Alan P, Wong, Susan J

“…In certain regions of New York state, USA, Ixodes scapularis ticks can potentially transmit 4 pathogens in addition to Borrelia burgdorferi: Anaplasma…”
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Post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms score: Developing a new tool for research by Turk, Siu P, Lumbard, Keith, Liepshutz, Kelly, Williams, Carla, Hu, Linden, Dardick, Kenneth, Wormser, Gary P, Norville, Joshua, Scavarda, Carol, McKenna, Donna, Follmann, Dean, Marques, Adriana

“…Some patients have residual non-specific symptoms after therapy for Lyme disease, referred to as post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms or syndrome, depending on…”
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Efficacy of a 14-day course of amoxicillin for patients with erythema migrans by Wormser, Gary P., Brady, Kathryn C., Cho, Michelle S., Scavarda, Carol A., McKenna, Donna

“…Although a 14-day treatment course with amoxicillin is in wide clinical usage to treat early Lyme disease, only a few published studies exist to validate its…”
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A 14-day course of amoxicillin is a highly effective treatment for adult patients in the United States with erythema migrans by Wormser, Gary P., Brady, Kathryn C., Cho, Michelle S., Scavarda, Carol A., McKenna, Donna

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Long-term Assessment of Fatigue in Patients with Culture-confirmed Lyme Disease by Wormser, Gary P., MD, Weitzner, Erica, BS, McKenna, Donna, NP, Nadelman, Robert B., MD, Scavarda, Carol, RN, Nowakowski, John, MD

“…Abstract Background Fatigue is a common symptom with numerous causes. Severe fatigue is thought to be an important manifestation of post-treatment Lyme disease…”
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A Prospective Study to Characterize Symptoms and Symptom Severity in Adult Patients with Extracutaneous Manifestations of Lyme Disease by Wormser, Gary P., McKenna, Donna, Morgan, Tyler, Scavarda, Carol, Cooper, Denise, Visintainer, Paul

“…Systematic assessments of the presence and severity of particular symptoms over time are relatively uncommon for Lyme disease patients in the United States,…”
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Outcome of facial palsy from Lyme disease in prospectively followed patients who had received corticosteroids by Wormser, Gary P., McKenna, Donna, Scavarda, Carol, Karmen, Carol

“…Although a short course of corticosteroid therapy has been shown to improve the outcome of idiopathic facial nerve palsy (Bell's palsy), it is unclear whether…”
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Prospective Evaluation of the Frequency and Severity of Symptoms in Lyme Disease Patients With Erythema Migrans Compared With Matched Controls at Baseline, 6 Months, and 12 Months by Wormser, Gary P, McKenna, Donna, Karmen, Carol L, Shaffer, Keith D, Silverman, Jesse H, Nowakowski, John, Scavarda, Carol, Shapiro, Eugene D, Visintainer, Paul

“…Abstract Background Erythema migrans is the most common clinical manifestation of Lyme disease. Despite antibiotic therapy, typically at least 10% of adult…”
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Long-term Assessment of Post-Treatment Symptoms in Patients With Culture-Confirmed Early Lyme Disease by Weitzner, Erica, McKenna, Donna, Nowakowski, John, Scavarda, Carol, Dornbush, Rhea, Bittker, Susan, Cooper, Denise, Nadelman, Robert B., Visintainer, Paul, Schwartz, Ira, Wormser, Gary P.

“…Background. Lyme disease patients with erythema migrans are said to have post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms (PTLDS) if there is persistence of subjective…”
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Patients with Erythema Migrans: Characterizing the Impact of Initiation of Antibiotic Therapy Prior to Study Enrollment by Wormser, Gary P, McKenna, Donna, Jacobson, Eliana, Shanker, Elayna M, Shaffer, Keith D, Scavarda, Carol, Visintainer, Paul

“…Erythema migrans is the most common clinical manifestation of Lyme disease, with concomitant subjective symptoms occurring in ∼65% of cases in the United…”
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Evaluation of selected variables to determine if any had predictive value for, or correlated with, residual symptoms at approximately 12 months after diagnosis and treatment of early Lyme disease by Wormser, Gary P., McKenna, Donna, Shaffer, Keith D., Silverman, Jesse H., Scavarda, Carol, Visintainer, Paul

“…Subjective symptoms may persist after antibiotic treatment of patients with erythema migrans. Selected baseline variables were evaluated to determine if any…”
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Long-term Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Culture-Confirmed Early Lyme Disease by Wormser, Gary P., Weitzner, Erica, McKenna, Donna, Nadelman, Robert B., Scavarda, Carol, Molla, Irida, Dornbush, Rhea, Visintainer, Paul, Nowakowski, John

“…The health-related quality of life of 100 subjects with culture-confirmed early Lyme disease enrolled in a prospective study with annual follow-up visits was…”
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Assessment of Duration of Tick Feeding by the Scutal Index Reduces Need for Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Ixodes scapularis Tick Bites by Falco, Richard C, Daniels, Thomas J, Vinci, Vanessa, McKenna, Donna, Scavarda, Carol, Wormser, Gary P

“…Abstract Doxycycline is recommended for persons with Ixodes scapularis tick bites in certain geographic areas, if the tick had fed for at least 36 hours. Based…”
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Evaluation of Prospectively Followed Adult Patients with Erythema Migrans Using the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition by Wormser, Gary P., Park, Kitae, Madison, Colby, Rozenberg, Julia, McKenna, Donna, Scavarda, Carol, Karmen, Carol, Dornbush, Rhea, Visintainer, Paul

“…The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) may be used to evaluate individuals for symptoms of depression. In a 1-year prospective study, 52 adult Lyme disease…”
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Brief Report: Long‐Term Assessment of Fibromyalgia in Patients With Culture‐Confirmed Lyme Disease by Wormser, Gary P., Weitzner, Erica, McKenna, Donna, Nadelman, Robert B., Scavarda, Carol, Farber, Shimon, Prakash, Priya, Ash, Julia, Nowakowski, John

“…Objective Fibromyalgia (FM) occurs in 2–8% of the general population, and one of the triggers may be Lyme disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate for FM…”
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Long-Term Assessment of Fibromyalgia in Patients with Culture-Confirmed Lyme Disease by Wormser, Gary P, Weitzner, Erica, McKenna, Donna, Nadelman, Robert B, Scavarda, Carol, Farber, Shimon, Prakash, Priya, Ash, Julia, Nowakowski, John

“…Background: Fibromyalgia occurs in 2% to 8% of the general population. One of the triggers may be Lyme disease. Methods: Patients with culture-confirmed Lyme…”
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Measurement of Organ-Specific and Acute-Phase Blood Protein Levels in Early Lyme Disease by Zhou, Yong, Qin, Shizhen, Sun, Mingjuan, Tang, Li, Yan, Xiaowei, Kim, Taek-Kyun, Caballero, Juan, Glusman, Gustavo, Brunkow, Mary E, Soloski, Mark J, Rebman, Alison W, Scavarda, Carol, Cooper, Denise, Omenn, Gilbert S, Moritz, Robert L, Wormser, Gary P, Price, Nathan D, Aucott, John N, Hood, Leroy

“…Lyme disease results from infection of humans with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The first and most common clinical manifestation is the circular,…”
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Fatigue in patients with erythema migrans by Wormser, Gary P, Sudhindra, Praveen, Lopez, Eliana, Patel, Lisa, Rezai, Sara, Brumbaugh, Aaron D, McKenna, Donna, Scavarda, Carol, Shapiro, Eugene D, Karmen, Carol L, Visintainer, Paul

“…Abstract Fatigue is a common symptom in patients with Lyme disease. The purpose of this study was to characterize fatigue in untreated adult patients…”
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