Lyme disease - chronic persistent

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Deer ticks	Lyme disease - Borrelia burgdorferi organism	Lyme disease organism, Borrelia burgdorferi	Tertiary Lyme disease
Tick imbedded in the skin	Ticks

Tertiary Lyme disease; Stage 3 Lyme disease; Late persistent Lyme disease; Chronic Lyme disease

The objective of treatment is to eliminate the infection with antibiotic therapy. A high dose of penicillin or ceftriaxone is usually required in the late stages of the disease to treat the infection.

Symptoms of arthritis may fail to resolve with treatment. Other symptoms should improve with treatment.

• continued arthritis

Call your health care provider if symptoms develop -- particularly if you have had Lyme disease before, or live or travel in high-risk areas.

Review Date: 02/13/2006
Reviewed By: Monica Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.