A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Children with Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy in Lyme Disease Endemic Areas.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
In our longitudinal cohort of 385 children with peripheral facial nerve palsy, 7 of 145 (4.8%; 95% CI 2.4-9.6%) with Lyme disease did not initially receive appropriate antibiotics and 98 of 240 (40.8%; 95% CI 34.8-47.2%) with idiopathic facial palsy received antibiotics unnecessarily. A rapid and accurate Lyme diagnostic could improve initial treatment.
Medical subject headings
- Lyme Disease
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Facial Paralysis
- Endemic Diseases
- Bell Palsy