Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment: lessons from the AIDS epidemic.

摘要: Lyme disease is a controversial tick-borne illness that estimated to be four times more common than AIDS in the United States. This paper outlines challenges overcome healthcare response human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, development of sensitive laboratory tests for virus, and promotion long-term combination antimicrobial regimens effectively treat HIV disease. We suggest similar need before chronic form can successfully treated. Currently, diagnosis treatment hindered by lack uniform case definition adequately reflects clinical presentation disease, poor test sensitivity, high failure rates using short-term monotherapy. Consequently optimal patients with persistent symptoms remains undefined. Although antibiotic monotherapy has been successful treating early use therapy modelled on appears effective infection. Resolution controversy surrounding should lead improved approach