Postexposure prophylaxis with single-dose doxycycline is effective for prevention of Lyme disease in both the United States and Europe and is also effective for prevention of syphilis and tick-borne relapsing fever
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
.
2021 Jul;100(3):115367.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115367.
Epub 2021 Mar 4.
Authors
Gary P Wormser
1
,
Stephen Warshafsky
2
,
Paul Visintainer
3
Affiliations
1
Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA. Electronic address: gwormser@nymc.edu.
2
Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
3
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA.
PMID:
33780744
DOI:
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115367
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Doxycycline
Europe
Humans
Lyme Disease*
Relapsing Fever*
Syphilis*
United States
Substances
Doxycycline