Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology (ACR): 2020 Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease

Affiliations

¹ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
² Pathway Neurology, Tampa, Florida.
³ Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Case Western Reserve University, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁵ New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁶ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania.
⁸ Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
¹⁰ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
¹² Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
¹³ Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford.
¹⁴ Atlantic Health System, Summit, New Jersey.
¹⁵ Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.
¹⁶ University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
¹⁷ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁸ Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁹ Medical College of Wisconsin, Waowatosa.
²⁰ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
²¹ Consumer Representative, Omaha, Nebraska.
²² Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
²³ Northwell Health, New York, New York.
²⁴ University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
²⁵ Michigan State University, East Lansing.
²⁶ New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.

Practice Guideline

Paul M Lantos et al. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;73(1):1-9.

doi: 10.1002/acr.24495. Epub 2020 Nov 29.

¹ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
² Pathway Neurology, Tampa, Florida.
³ Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Case Western Reserve University, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁵ New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁶ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania.
⁸ Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
¹⁰ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
¹² Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
¹³ Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford.
¹⁴ Atlantic Health System, Summit, New Jersey.
¹⁵ Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.
¹⁶ University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
¹⁷ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁸ Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁹ Medical College of Wisconsin, Waowatosa.
²⁰ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
²¹ Consumer Representative, Omaha, Nebraska.
²² Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
²³ Northwell Health, New York, New York.
²⁴ University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
²⁵ Michigan State University, East Lansing.
²⁶ New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.

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