The Journal of pediatrics
A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Children with Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy in Lyme Disease Endemic Areas.
Sophi R Lederer, Desiree N Neville, Fran Balamuth, Laura L Chapman, Amy D Thompson, Meagan M Ladell, Anupam B Kharbanda, Michael C Monuteaux, Lise E Nigrovic, for Pedi Lyme Net
Published: 202510.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114879
Abstract
In our longitudinal cohort of 385 children with peripheral facial nerve palsy, 7 of 145 (4.8%; 95% CI 2.4-9.6%) with Lyme disease did not initially receive appropriate antibiotics and 98 of 240 (40.8%; 95% CI 34.8-47.2%) with idiopathic facial palsy…
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