Children and Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is a serious bacterial infection caused by a tick bite and affects humans and animals.

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Specifically for children and Lyme disease
MEDLINE search links for children and Lyme disease
Articles and other information on children and Lyme disease

For more information on Lyme disease


Children and Lyme Disease

Specifically for children and Lyme disease

CDC: Trading Card - Lyme Disease - for kids (large pdf file)



MEDLINE search links for children and Lyme disease

This section contains links to citations and abstracts for medical and scientific articles from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE database.

MEDLINE - children/childhood/infant (in Title) AND Lyme disease - 155 on 7 Mar 00

MEDLINE - children AND Lyme disease - 1055 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - Child AND Lyme disease - 1041 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - childhood AND Lyme disease - 48 on 20 Sep 99
MEDLINE - Infant AND Lyme disease - 162 on 20 Sep 99



Articles and other information on children and Lyme disease

Chronic Lyme Disease May Spur Mental Problems, Clinical Psychiatry News 27(3):40, 1999
Characterization of Lyme Meningitis/Comparison With Viral Meningitis in Children, May 99
Chronic Lyme Disease May Spur Mental Problems, Betsy Bates, Clinical Psychiatry News, Mar 99
Lyme Disease - HealthGate, last update Jul 99
Antibiotics Effective Against Lyme Arthritis in Children, [Med Trib: I & C Edition 39(19):25, 1998]
Hip Pain and Stiffness in an 11-year old Boy - Pierre Moens, MD, Case of the Month Sep 98
Neurologic Manifestations of Lyme Disease in Children, Dorothy M. Pietrucha, M.D., P.A.
Neurocognitive abnormalities in children after classic manifestations of LD, abstract 1998
The underdiagnosis of neuropsychiatric Lyme disease in children and adults. - abstract, 1998
Lyme Disease in Children - Correspondence, NEJM, April 10, 1997
A Guide For Parents - What You Should Know About Lyme Disease - circa 1997
Lyme Disease in Children in Southeastern Connecticut, Original Articles, NEJM, October 24, 1996
Gastrointestinal pathology in children with Lyme disease, JSTD 1996; 3:101-104
Neurologic manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in children - abstract, 1995
A 10-Year-Old Boy with Relapsing Meningitis, Infect Med 12(12):670,672-674, 1995
Psychiatric aspects of LD in children and adolescents: ...study in Westchester, NY, JSTD 1994
How to Diagnose and Treat Lyme Disease in Children - Canadian Paediatric Society - 1992

AAP Issues Guidelines on Prevention of LD in Children, Reuters, 14 Jan 00 [not recommended]



For more information on Lyme disease see: Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease

Comments or questions concerning this page should be directed to Art Doherty.

Last updated on 8 June 2000 by
Art Doherty
Lompoc, California
doherty@utech.net

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