Culture Proven Treatment Failures in Patients with Erythema Migrans Treated with Azithromycin, Amoxicillin, Cefuroxime Axetil, or Doxycycline

摘要

Background: Azithromycin has been utilized for treatment of patients with solitary erythema migrans for more than 15 years however the information on its efficacy has been equivocal. The data have been based nearly exclusively on clinical findings; no comparative study on the microbiological assessment of the efficacy has been published.