Avner BS. Descriptive Data on Trends Among Patients Hospitalized With Lyme Disease in Southwest Michigan, 2017-2021.
Open Forum Infect Dis 2022;
10:ofac658. [PMID:
36726545 PMCID:
PMC9879706 DOI:
10.1093/ofid/ofac658]
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Abstract
This retrospective chart review identifies hospitalizations for Lyme disease at two southwest Michigan hospital systems, 2017-2021. Lyme admissions increased sharply, while admissions for Lyme carditis and neuroborreliosis increased in parallel. Southwest Michigan is becoming an endemic area for Lyme disease.
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