Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Lyme Disease

Gary P. Wormser,1 Robert B. Nadelman,1 'Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York Raymond J. Dattwyler,2 David T. Dennis,6 Medical College, Valhalla, 2Division of Allergy, Immunology Eugene D. Shapiro,7 Allen C. Steere,9 and Lyme Disease, Department of Medicine, 3Department Thoma J. Rush,' D l W. R n, of Neurology, and 4Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Thomas J. Rush,5 Daniel W. Rahn,10 T a sa J. R ,' 'Danid W Prang, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and 5private practice, Patricia K. Coyle,3 David H. Persing,1 Briarcliff Manor, New York; 6Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Durland Fish,8 and Benjamin J. Luft4 Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Departments of 7Pediatrics and 8Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; 9Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; 'OOffice of Medical Management, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta; and Diagnostics Development, Corixa Corporation, and Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle Life Sciences Center, Seattle, Washington