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High cost of treating Lyme arthritis in children with surgery

A study by Tout and colleagues investigated how operative management impacts the clinical course and health care costs of pediatric patients hospitalized with Lyme arthritis. “We hypothesized that surgery does not improve clinical outcomes for children with Lyme arthritis but does increase resource utilization and cost,” the authors wrote.

Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI) and Lyme disease

Dr. Daniel Cameron discusses the case of a 63-year-old woman with STARI (Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness) and provides a comparison with Lyme disease.