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Can Pharm J (Ott)
November 2024
College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
Background: Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted to humans through bites from infected species of ticks. Prophylaxis with a single dose of oral doxycycline following a bite from an infected tick reduces the risk of developing Lyme disease. Pharmacists in Nova Scotia (NS) were among the first in Canada to prescribe for this indication.
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February 2022
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
BMC Infect Dis
November 2021
The Institute for Tropical Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Background: In areas where Lyme disease is endemic, bites from ticks are common, but no vaccine is currently available against Lyme disease for humans. Therefore, the feasibility of using antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent Lyme disease after a tick bite is worth further exploration. Previous meta-analyses lack sufficient power to demonstrate the efficacy of about antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of Lyme disease following a tick bite.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Antimicrob Chemother
December 2018
Idaho State Board of Pharmacy, 1199 Shoreline Lane, Boise, ID, USA.
The transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi to humans through tick bites results in Lyme disease. Appropriate therapy for Lyme disease is antibacterial drugs, most often doxycycline. Patients often approach community pharmacists for self-care assistance with the symptoms of Lyme disease: fever, headache, fatigue and skin rash.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Infect Dis
August 2018
Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
Doxycycline is recommended for persons with Ixodes scapularis tick bites in certain geographic areas, if the tick had fed for at least 36 hours. Based on the scutal index, over 40% of I. scapularis tick bites from patients seen at the Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center did not warrant antibiotic prophylaxis.
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