Racial Differences in the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in Children.

Hunt, Kathryn M; Michelson, Kenneth A; Balamuth, Fran; Thompson, Amy D; Levas, Michael N; Neville, Desiree N; Kharbanda, Anupam B; Chapman, Laura et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2023

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Black children with Lyme disease compared with children of other races were less likely to have an erythema migrans lesion diagnosed (adjusted odds ratio, 0.34; 95% confidence interval, .14-.79) but more likely to have a swollen joint (adjusted odds ratio, 3.68; 95% confidence interval, 2.13-6.36) after adjustment for age and local Lyme incidence.

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