John Delaney, a salesman who travels extensively across the United States, has been diagnosed by his primary careprovider with Lyme disease. Even with aggressive antibiotic therapy, he progresses through the first stage and is now in thesecond...What treatment do you think he would need in this stage of the disease?

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is caused by bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. This disease…

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Body Structures & Functions

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Chapter16: Infection Control And Standard Precautions

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