Time to Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease by Patient Race
Samuel J. Starke, Alison W. Rebman, John Miller, Ting Yang, John N. Aucott · 2023
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Description
Samuel Starke and four co-authors compare Lyme disease care by patient race in a 2023 study at a specialty clinic in Maryland. Early Lyme can be cured fast if the rash or flu-like signs are caught. Missed early, the infection spreads and harms linger.
The team reviewed records of patients seen for suspected Lyme, treated or not. They compared the stage at which the disease was caught across racial groups. Late catches mean longer illness, so any gap by race points to where clinics should sharpen early checks. The study adds clinic-level proof to a question large data sets had left open.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Samuel J. Starke, Alison W. Rebman, John Miller, Ting Yang, John N. Aucott |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |