Lyme disease : an evidence based approach / edited by John J. Halperin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halperin, John J.

Series:

Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 20.

Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyme disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K. : CABI, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Providing the medical practitioner with a broad scientific understanding, this book discusses the causative organism, its requisite ecosystem, disease epidemiology, host-Borrelia interactions, diagnostic testing, clinical manifestations, therapeutic options, and long term prognosis. It explicitly reviews both the basic biology of the infection and practical clinical aspects, linking the two to demonstrate what is and is not attributable to this infection. It is an authoritative guide for medics and researchers involved with diagnosing and treating Lyme, covering biology, epidemiology and thera

Contents:

Ticks : the vectors of Lyme disease / Robert P. Smith

Borrelia : biology of the organism / A. Toledo, J. L. Benach

Borrelia : interactions with the host immune system / R. Dattwyler

Diagnostic testing / Barbara J. B. Johnson

Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection after antibiotic treatment : what can we learn from animal models? / J.W.R. Hovius and G.P. Wormser

Global epidemiology of Borrelia burgdorferi Infections / Paul S. Mead

Antibiotic therapy for infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi / Sensu Lato, Gary P. Wormser

Borreliosis : the UK perspective / Sue O'Connell

Borreliosis : the European perspective / Gerold Stanek

Erythema migrans / Robert B. Nadelman

Cardiac involvement / Joseph Harburger, Jonathan L. Halperin

Rheumatologic involvement / Leonard H Sigal

Nervous system involvement / John J. Halperin

Lyme disease in children / Eugene D. Shapiro

The psychology of "post Lyme disease syndrome" and "not Lyme" / Afton L. Hassett

The entity referred to as "chronic Lyme disease" / Adriana Marques

Lyme disease : the great controversy / John J. Halperin, Phillip Baker, Gary P. Wormser.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-26775-6

9786613267757

1-84593-892-5

OCLC:

45366513