Know When to Use Antibiotics for Lyme Disease

May 2021

Questions are coming up about tick bites and Lyme disease...as warm weather draws people outdoors.

Continue to emphasize prevention...wearing protective clothing, using tick repellent, and checking for ticks after being outdoors.

Save antibiotic prophylaxis for high-risk bites...when patients have been in a highly endemic area (Northeast, mid-Atlantic, MN, WI, etc) and a deer tick is attached for 36 hours or more.

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Know When to Use Antibiotics for Lyme Disease

Get concise, unbiased advice for effective drug therapy, plus CE/CME

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