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ArticleRhode Island medical journal (2013)2020

Lessons Learned from a Rhode Island Academic Out-Patient Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Clinic.

Meghan L McCarthy, Rebecca Reece, Sara E Vargas, Jennie Johnson, Jennifer Adelson-Mitty, Timothy Flanigan

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Article in Rhode Island medical journal (2013), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Lyme Endocarditis: A Case Report.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025
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6 authors.

Meghan L McCarthyResearch Assistant, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Miriam Hospital; Medical Student, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Rebecca ReeceAssistant Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases,West Virginia University.
Sara E VargasResearch Scientist, Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital; Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Jennie JohnsonAssistant Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Jennifer Adelson-MittyClinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Timothy FlaniganProfessor of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases,Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Funding

Emerging Infectious Disease Scholars at Brown UniversityR25AI140490 · NIAID · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI Silvia Shinpei Chiang · 2018 to 2026
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NIAID NIH HHS R25 AI140490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the prevalence of Lyme and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) continues to rise, there is conflicting information regarding the best approach to management. The Lifespan Lyme Disease Clinic (LDC) is an academic out- patient clinic for Lyme and other TBDs. A chart review of 218 new patients between March and November 2018 was conducted. Symptoms most commonly reported included fatigue (66.5%), joint pain (58.2%), cognitive difficulty (32.1%), and headaches (27.9%). Most (87.1%) patients had received TBD-directed antibiotic treatment prior to their first appointment. Of the 136 patients who had experienced more than 6 months of symptoms attributed to Lyme, 55.1% had positive two-tiered serologies. Many patients characterized themselves as having "chronic Lyme" or had a diagnosis of "post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome," a condition for which there is no clear consensus on pathophysiology or treatment. Outlined here are some lessons learned and practical approaches used by LDC physicians in caring for this patient population.

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Lyme DiseaseTick-Borne DiseasesFemaleHumansMaleOutpatientsPrevalenceRhode IslandLyme diseasepatient-centered carepost-treatment Lyme diseasetick-borne disease

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PMID33261237
PMCPMC7985660

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