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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the author's clinical recommendations.

A 26-year-old woman with a summer home on Long Island, New York, had a low-grade fever, malaise, arthralgias, headache, and neck pain one week after removing a tick from her thigh. Examination reveals a nontender oval (8 by 12 cm), homogeneously erythematous lesion at the site of the tick bite, consistent with erythema migrans. How should this case be managed? What if . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Clinical Problem

Strategies and Evidence

Diagnosis

Coinfection

Treatment

Prevention

Areas of Uncertainty

Guidelines

Conclusions and Recommendations

Source Information

From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla. Address reprint requests to Dr. Wormser at Rm. 245, Munger Pavilion, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, or at gary_wormser@nymc.edu.

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