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Improving the Yield of Blood Cultures for Patients with Early Lyme Disease |
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| Authors: | Gary P. Wormser John Nowakowski Robert B. Nadelman Susan Bittker Denise Cooper Charles Pavia |
| Abstract: | This study was designed to improve the recovery of Borrelia burgdorferi from blood. With the techniques used, B. burgdorferi could be recovered from the blood of approximately 25% of patients with early Lyme disease associated with erythema migrans. Serum was a better source of culture material than whole blood. The volume of blood cultured correlated directly with yield, particularly for patients with a single erythema migrans lesion. |
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