Neuroborreliosis Borrelia Burgdorferi or Bb Thesis

Treatment

The Infectious Diseases Society of America or IDSA came out with guidelines on the treatment of the infection.

A multidisciplinary group, which prepared these guidelines, included infectious disease specialists, rheumatologists, neurologists, pediatricians, and entomologists. The guidelines primary apply to the disease strain acquired in the U.S. And do not tackle the diagnostic evaluation of the disease. They recommended oral and parenteral therapies according to a timetable. Doxycycline or amoxicillin, cefotaxime or penicillin would be prescribed. The guidelines warned against the use of first-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, and benzathene penicillin.

Greater Recovery Among Children

Studies conducted on 177 children treated for Lyme neuroborreliosis in an endemic area in Sweden showed that 117 of them recovered complete in two months.

The children exhibited fatigue, facial nerve palsy, loss of appetite and fever as symptoms. Antibiotics were given to 69% of the children. At 2 months, 117 of them recovered completely. At 6 months, 140 of the remaining also recovered. None reported progressive or recurring symptoms.

Vaccine

The vaccine Lymerix has been proven to be effective in 76% of individuals who received it according to a recommended schedule.

Its side effects were reported to be minimal, consisting of three days of arthralgias and myalgias and sores in 25% of them on the injection site. The American Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control said that it should be administered in endemic and high-risk areas for ticks. The vaccine would be more cost-effective in those areas.

One study revealed a 1%+ of $53,100 ratio per quality-adjusted life saved with the use of the vaccine.

Another study showed $640. It is approved for adults aged 15 to 70 who should receive boosters yearly or every two years to maintain immunity. Lyme disease can be re-acquired, but an expert suggested that a later-stage will not develop a second new case. When treatment fails, a second course should be applied. The regimen, however, will be useless with late neurologic abnormalities. When the patient's condition stabilizes, oral therapy should complete the course.

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