Treatment of Lyme borreliosis
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Neurologie
- Vol. 236 (8) , 464-469
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00328508
Abstract
Seventy-five patients with neurological symptoms of Lyme borreliosis were randomly assigned to intravenous treatment with either penicillin G or doxycycline. After 12 months the treatments were equally effective regarding the clinical picture and laboratory findings. No patient was considered to be a treatment failure. However, one-third of the patients showed delayed recovery, particularly after a longer primary disease duration. A slow recovery, lasting years, was typical of subacute or chronic borreliosis.Keywords
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