Duration of Antibiotic Treatment of Erythema Migrans

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of 15-day versus 10-day doxycycline treatment in patients with erythema migrans.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Medical Centre Ljubljana
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Doxycycline

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• solitary erythema migrans in patients > 15 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• a history of Lyme borreliosis in the past

• pregnancy or lactation

• immunocompromised status

• serious adverse event to doxycycline

• taking antibiotic with antiborrelial activity within 10 days

• multiple erythema migrans or extracutaneous manifestations of Lyme borreliosis