PubMed

Blood cultures for patients with extracutaneous manifestations of Lyme disease in the United States.

Nowakowski J, McKenna D, Nadelman RB, Bittker S, Cooper D, Pavia C, Holmgren D, Visintainer P, Wormser GP.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 1;49(11):1733-5.PMID: 19886794 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Antibiotic treatment of animals infected with Borrelia burgdorferi.

Wormser GP, Schwartz I.

Clin Microbiol Rev. 2009 Jul;22(3):387-95. Review.PMID: 19597005 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Implications of gender in chronic Lyme disease.

Wormser GP, Shapiro ED.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jun;18(6):831-4.PMID: 19514824 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epidemiology of an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae at a tertiary care medical center.

Filozov A, Visintainer P, Carbonaro C, Aguero-Rosenfeld M, Wormser GP, Montecalvo MA.

Am J Infect Control. 2009 Nov;37(9):723-8. Epub 2009 Jun 7.PMID: 19501935 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Preliminary serologic investigation of 'Rickettsia amblyommii' in the aetiology of Southern tick associated rash illness (STARI).

Nicholson WL, Masters E, Wormser GP.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 May 18. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 19456820 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Analysis of a flawed double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of patients claimed to have persistent Lyme disease following treatment.

Wormser GP, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Porwancher RB, O'Connell S, Nadelman RB, Strle F, Radolf JD, Hovius JW, Baker PJ, Fingerle V, Dattwyler R.

Minerva Med. 2009 Apr;100(2):171-2. No abstract available. PMID: 19390504 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Re: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of repeated IV antibiotic therapy for Lyme encephalopathy. Prolonged Lyme disease treatment: enough is enough.

Marques A, Shaw P, Schmid CH, Steere A, Kaplan RF, Hassett A, Shapiro E, Wormser GP.

Neurology. 2009 Jan 27;72(4):383-4; author reply 384. No abstract available. PMID: 19171842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial transmission of human granulocytic anaplasmosis?

Krause PJ, Wormser GP.

JAMA. 2008 Nov 19;300(19):2308-9. No abstract available. PMID: 19017920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cryptococcal infection presenting as cellulitis in a renal transplant recipient.

Orsini J, Nowakowski J, Delaney V, Sakoulas G, Wormser GP.

Transpl Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;11(1):68-71. Epub 2008 Oct 30.PMID: 19000155 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Borrelia burgdorferi genotype predicts the capacity for hematogenous dissemination during early Lyme disease.

Wormser GP, Brisson D, Liveris D, Hanincová K, Sandigursky S, Nowakowski J, Nadelman RB, Ludin S, Schwartz I.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Nov 1;198(9):1358-64.PMID: 18781866 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of Borrelia burgdorferi genotype on the sensitivity of C6 and 2-tier testing in North American patients with culture-confirmed Lyme disease.

Wormser GP, Liveris D, Hanincová K, Brisson D, Ludin S, Stracuzzi VJ, Embers ME, Philipp MT, Levin A, Aguero-Rosenfeld M, Schwartz I.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1;47(7):910-4.PMID: 18724824 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of clinical variables on Borrelia burgdorferi-specific antibody seropositivity in acute-phase sera from patients in North America with culture-confirmed early Lyme disease.

Wormser GP, Nowakowski J, Nadelman RB, Visintainer P, Levin A, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME.

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Oct;15(10):1519-22. Epub 2008 Aug 20.PMID: 18716009 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Margos G, Gatewood AG, Aanensen DM, Hanincová K, Terekhova D, Vollmer SA, Cornet M, Piesman J, Donaghy M, Bormane A, Hurn MA, Feil EJ, Fish D, Casjens S, Wormser GP, Schwartz I, Kurtenbach K.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jun 24;105(25):8730-5. Epub 2008 Jun 23.PMID: 18574151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Oral doxycycline for neuroborreliosis.

Wormser GP, Halperin JJ.

Lancet Neurol. 2008 Aug;7(8):665-6. Epub 2008 Jun 21. No abstract available. PMID: 18567540 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is clonal in patients with early Lyme borreliosis.

Hanincová K, Liveris D, Sandigursky S, Wormser GP, Schwartz I.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Aug;74(16):5008-14. Epub 2008 Jun 6.PMID: 18539816 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The propensity of different Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto genotypes to cause disseminated infections in humans.

Dykhuizen DE, Brisson D, Sandigursky S, Wormser GP, Nowakowski J, Nadelman RB, Schwartz I.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 May;78(5):806-10.PMID: 18458317 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pharmacodynamics of doxycycline for chemoprophylaxis of Lyme disease: preliminary findings and possible implications for other antimicrobials.

Lee J, Wormser GP.

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008 Mar;31(3):235-9. Epub 2008 Jan 15.PMID: 18226504 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha activation of Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in antibiotic-treated murine Lyme borreliosis: an unproven conclusion.

Wormser GP, Barthold SW, Shapiro ED, Dattwyler RJ, Bakken JS, Steere AC, Bockenstedt LK, Radolf JD.

J Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 15;196(12):1865-6; author reply 1866-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18190269 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Persistent and relapsing babesiosis in immunocompromised patients.

Krause PJ, Gewurz BE, Hill D, Marty FM, Vannier E, Foppa IM, Furman RR, Neuhaus E, Skowron G, Gupta S, McCalla C, Pesanti EL, Young M, Heiman D, Hsue G, Gelfand JA, Wormser GP, Dickason J, Bia FJ, Hartman B, Telford SR 3rd, Christianson D, Dardick K, Coleman M, Girotto JE, Spielman A.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 1;46(3):370-6.PMID: 18181735 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hepatitis in association with rickettsialpox.

Madison G, Kim-Schluger L, Braverman S, Nicholson WL, Wormser GP.

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2008 Spring;8(1):111-5.PMID: 18171106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Borrelia burgdorferi basic membrane proteins A and B participate in the genesis of Lyme arthritis.

Pal U, Wang P, Bao F, Yang X, Samanta S, Schoen R, Wormser GP, Schwartz I, Fikrig E.

J Exp Med. 2008 Jan 21;205(1):133-41. Epub 2007 Dec 31.PMID: 18166585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A critical appraisal of "chronic Lyme disease".

Feder HM Jr, Johnson BJ, O'Connell S, Shapiro ED, Steere AC, Wormser GP; Ad Hoc International Lyme Disease Group, Agger WA, Artsob H, Auwaerter P, Dumler JS, Bakken JS, Bockenstedt LK, Green J, Dattwyler RJ, Munoz J, Nadelman RB, Schwartz I, Draper T, McSweegan E, Halperin JJ, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Mead P, Morshed M, Porwancher R, Radolf JD, Smith RP Jr, Sood S, Weinstein A, Wong SJ, Zemel L.

N Engl J Med. 2007 Oct 4;357(14):1422-30. Review. No abstract available. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 6;358(10):1084. Agger, WA [added]; Artsob, H [added]; Auwaerter, P [added]; Dumler, JS [added]; Bakken, JS [added]; Bockenstedt, LK [added]; Green, J [added]; Dattwyler, RJ [added]; Munoz, J [added]; Nadelman, RB [added]; Schwartz, I [added]; Draper, T [added]; McSweegan, E [added]; Halperin, JJ [added]; Klempner, MS [added]; Krause, PJ [added]; Mead, P[added]; Morshed, M [added]; Porwancher, R [added]; Radolf, JD [added]; Smith RP Jr [added]; Sood, S [added]; Weinstein, A [added]; Wong, SJ [added]; Zemel, L [added]. PMID: 17914043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reinfection in patients with Lyme disease.

Nadelman RB, Wormser GP.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 15;45(8):1032-8. Epub 2007 Sep 11. Review.PMID: 17879922 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Discovery of new infectious diseases - bartonella species.

Wormser GP.

N Engl J Med. 2007 Jun 7;356(23):2346-7. No abstract available. PMID: 17554115 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Practice parameter: treatment of nervous system Lyme disease (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Halperin JJ, Shapiro ED, Logigian E, Belman AL, Dotevall L, Wormser GP, Krupp L, Gronseth G, Bever CT Jr; Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

Neurology. 2007 Jul 3;69(1):91-102. Epub 2007 May 23. Erratum in: Neurology. 2008 Apr 1;70(14):1223. PMID: 17522387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Single-dose prophylaxis against Lyme disease.

Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Dumler JS, O'Connell S, Radolf JD, Nadelman RB.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Jun;7(6):371-3. No abstract available. PMID: 17521588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bacterial contamination of ophthalmic solutions used in an extended care facility.

Jokl DH, Wormser GP, Nichols NS, Montecalvo MA, Karmen CL.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Oct;91(10):1308-10. Epub 2007 May 2.PMID: 17475711 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dissociation between inhibition and killing by levofloxacin in human granulocytic anaplasmosis.

Wormser GP, Filozov A, Telford SR 3rd, Utpat S, Kamer RS, Liveris D, Wang G, Zentmaier L, Schwartz I, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME.

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2006 Winter;6(4):388-94.PMID: 17187574 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hematogenous dissemination in early Lyme disease.

Wormser GP.

Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2006 Nov;118(21-22):634-7. Review.PMID: 17160600 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes that harbor only a portion of the lp28-1 plasmid elicit antibody responses detectable with the C6 test for Lyme disease.

Embers ME, Wormser GP, Schwartz I, Martin DS, Philipp MT.

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Jan;14(1):90-3. Epub 2006 Nov 15.PMID: 17108288 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Bakken JS, Strle F, Stanek G, Bockenstedt L, Fish D, Dumler JS, Nadelman RB.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Nov 1;43(9):1089-134. Epub 2006 Oct 2. Erratum in: Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 1;45(7):941. PMID: 17029130 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serologic evaluation of patients from Missouri with erythema migrans-like skin lesions with the C6 Lyme test.

Philipp MT, Masters E, Wormser GP, Hogrefe W, Martin D.

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2006 Oct;13(10):1170-1.PMID: 17028220 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparative genome hybridization reveals substantial variation among clinical isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto with different pathogenic properties.

Terekhova D, Iyer R, Wormser GP, Schwartz I.

J Bacteriol. 2006 Sep;188(17):6124-34.PMID: 16923879 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical practice. Early Lyme disease.

Wormser GP.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Jun 29;354(26):2794-801. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 16807416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Response to meta-analysis of Lyme borreliosis symptoms.

Shapiro ED, Dattwyler R, Nadelman RB, Wormser GP.

Int J Epidemiol. 2005 Dec;34(6):1437-9; author reply 1440-3. Epub 2005 Nov 30. No abstract available. PMID: 16319106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association between human leukocyte antigen class II alleles and genotype of Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with early lyme disease.

Wormser GP, Kaslow R, Tang J, Wade K, Liveris D, Schwartz I, Klempner M.

J Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 1;192(11):2020-6. Epub 2005 Oct 28.PMID: 16267776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A decline in C6 antibody titer occurs in successfully treated patients with culture-confirmed early localized or early disseminated Lyme Borreliosis.

Philipp MT, Wormser GP, Marques AR, Bittker S, Martin DS, Nowakowski J, Dally LG.

Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Sep;12(9):1069-74.PMID: 16148173 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prospective clinical evaluation of patients from Missouri and New York with erythema migrans-like skin lesions.

Wormser GP, Masters E, Nowakowski J, McKenna D, Holmgren D, Ma K, Ihde L, Cavaliere LF, Nadelman RB.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Oct 1;41(7):958-65. Epub 2005 Aug 31.PMID: 16142659 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of antibiotic combinations against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii using the E-test.

Haddad FA, Van Horn K, Carbonaro C, Aguero-Rosenfeld M, Wormser GP.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Aug;24(8):577-9. No abstract available. PMID: 16133416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Borrelia burgdorferi BmpA, BmpB, and BmpD proteins are expressed in human infection and contribute to P39 immunoblot reactivity in patients with Lyme disease.

Bryksin AV, Godfrey HP, Carbonaro CA, Wormser GP, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Cabello FC.

Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Aug;12(8):935-40.PMID: 16085911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A comparison of two treatment regimens of ceftriaxone in late Lyme disease.

Dattwyler RJ, Wormser GP, Rush TJ, Finkel MF, Schoen RT, Grunwaldt E, Franklin M, Hilton E, Bryant GL, Agger WA, Maladorno D.

Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2005 Jun;117(11-12):393-7.PMID: 16053194 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of Lyme borreliosis.

Wormser GP.

Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2005 Jun;117(11-12):385-91. Review.PMID: 16053192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Advances in the treatment and prevention of Lyme borreliosis.

Wormser GP, Stanek G, Strle F, Gray JS.

Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2005 Jun;117(11-12):381-4. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 16053191 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosis of lyme borreliosis.

Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Wang G, Schwartz I, Wormser GP.

Clin Microbiol Rev. 2005 Jul;18(3):484-509. Review.PMID: 16020686 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Use of Peptide library screening to detect a previously unknown linear diagnostic epitope: proof of principle by use of lyme disease sera.

Hamby CV, Llibre M, Utpat S, Wormser GP.

Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Jul;12(7):801-7.PMID: 16002626 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Brief communication: hematogenous dissemination in early Lyme disease.

Wormser GP, McKenna D, Carlin J, Nadelman RB, Cavaliere LF, Holmgren D, Byrne DW, Nowakowski J.

Ann Intern Med. 2005 May 3;142(9):751-5.PMID: 15867407 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A skin lesion in a patient from Kentucky.

Haddad FA, Schwartz I, Liveris D, Wormser GP.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Feb 1;40(3):429, 475-6. No abstract available. PMID: 15685719 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Microbiologic evaluation of patients from Missouri with erythema migrans.

Wormser GP, Masters E, Liveris D, Nowakowski J, Nadelman RB, Holmgren D, Bittker S, Cooper D, Wang G, Schwartz I.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Feb 1;40(3):423-8. Epub 2005 Jan 10.PMID: 15668867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Poly-ticks: Blue State versus Red State for Lyme disease.

Nadelman RB, Wormser GP.

Lancet. 2005 Jan 22-28;365(9456):280. No abstract available. PMID: 15664208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Variations in Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly culture medium modulate infectivity and pathogenicity of Borrelia burgdorferi clinical isolates.

Wang G, Iyer R, Bittker S, Cooper D, Small J, Wormser GP, Schwartz I.

Infect Immun. 2004 Nov;72(11):6702-6.PMID: 15501807 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article