Antibiotics and Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is a serious bacterial infection caused by a tick bite and
affects humans and animals.
Table of Contents
Drug reference links
MEDLINE search links for antibiotics and Lyme disease
Information on antibiotics used for Lyme disease (includes MEDLINE adverse effects)
Articles on antibiotics and Lyme disease
General articles on antibiotics
For more information on Lyme disease
Antibiotics and Lyme Disease
Drug reference links
Medscape Drugs: Drugs to Treat Condition Query Results - Drugs to Treat Lyme Disease
Medscape: Search DRUGS
Drugs: Multiple Drug-Drug Interactions
Virtual Drugstore - Prescription and Non-Prescription Drug Information Resource
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
A-Z Drug Listing - The PDR Nurse's Drug Listing
RXmed: Prescribing Information
Welcome to the Drug Database! - The PDR Nurse's Handbook Online Database
MEDLINE search links for antibiotics and Lyme disease
This section contains links to citations and abstracts for medical and scientific articles from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE database.
MEDLINE - antibiotics AND Lyme disease - 1077 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - Combined Antibiotics/Drug Therapy AND Lyme disease - 64 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - beta-lactams AND Lyme disease - 277 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - probenecid AND Lyme disease - 14 on 19 Sep 99
Penicillins
Cephalosporins
Macrolides
Tetracyclines
Others miscellaneous antibiotics used to treat Lyme disease
Penicillins
MEDLINE - Penicillins AND Lyme disease - 339 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - Penicillin G/benzylpenicillin AND Lyme disease - 139 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - amoxicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanate (Augmentin), ampicillin AND LD-85 on 19Sep99
MEDLINE - amoxicillin AND Lyme disease - 76 on 19 Sep 99 [this one works well for me - ajd]
MEDLINE - ampicillin AND Lyme disease - 49 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - phenoxymethylpenicillin (penicillin V) AND Lyme disease - 28 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - benzathine penicillin (bicillin) AND Lyme disease - 7 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - amoxicillin/clavulanate (Augmentin) AND Lyme disease - 3 on 19 Sep 99
Cephalosporins
MEDLINE - Cephalosporins AND Lyme disease - 188 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - ceftriaxone [3rd generation] (Rocephin) [in Title] AND Lyme disease - 33 on 7Jan00
MEDLINE - ceftriaxone [3rd generation] (Rocephin) AND Lyme disease - 223 on 7 Jan 00
MEDLINE - cefotaxime [3rd generation] (Claforan) AND Lyme disease - 170 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - cefuroxime [2nd generation] AND Lyme disease - 13 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - cefuroxime axetil [2nd generation] (Ceftin) AND Lyme disease - 6 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - cefixime [3rd generation] (Suprax) AND Lyme disease - 3 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - cephalexin Mh [1st generation] (Keflex, et al) AND Lyme disease - 3 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - cefaclor [2nd generation] () AND Lyme disease - 3 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - ceftizoxime [3rd generation] AND Lyme disease - 2 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - cefadroxil [1st generation] () AND Lyme disease - 2 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - cefazolin sodium [1st generation] (Kefzol) AND Lyme disease - 1 on 30 Dec 99
MEDLINE - ceftibuten [? generation] (Cedax) AND Lyme disease - 0 on 30 Oct 99
Macrolides
MEDLINE - Macrolides or azalides or lincinoids AND Lyme disease - 57 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - erythromycin AND Lyme disease - 69 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - azithromycin (Zithromax) [in Title] AND Lyme disease - 12 on 7 Jan 00
MEDLINE - azithromycin (Zithromax) AND Lyme disease - 34 on 7 Jan 00
MEDLINE - azithromycin (Zithromax) AND intravenous AND Lyme disease - 0 on 25 Oct 99
MEDLINE - clarithromycin (Biaxin) AND Lyme disease - 15 on 7 Jan 00
MEDLINE - roxithromycin AND Lyme disease - 9 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - clindamycin AND Lyme disease - 7 on 19 Sep 99 [used to treat babesiosis]
MEDLINE - coumermycin AND Lyme disease - 7 on 19 Sep 99 [used for genetic studies]
MEDLINE - lincomycin AND Lyme disease - 5 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - dirithromycin (Dynabac) AND Lyme disease - 3 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - rokitamycin AND Lyme disease - 2 on 7 Jan 00
MEDLINE - miokamycin AND Lyme disease - 2 on 7 Jan 00
Tetracyclines
MEDLINE - Tetracyclines AND Lyme disease - 225 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - tetracycline AND Lyme disease - 214 on 22 Jul 99
MEDLINE - doxycycline AND Lyme disease - 147 on 19 Sep 99 [did not work for me - ajd]
MEDLINE - minocycline AND Lyme disease - 18 on 19 Sep 99
Others miscellaneous antibiotics used to treat Lyme disease
MEDLINE - Glycopeptides AND Lyme disease - 6 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - vancomycin AND Lyme disease - 4 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - Quinolones AND Lyme disease - 8 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - ciprofloxacin (Cipro) AND Lyme disease - 7 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - ofloxacin (Floxin/Ocuflox) AND Lyme disease - 4 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - pefloxacin AND Lyme disease - 1 on 18 Feb 00
MEDLINE - Rifamycins AND Lyme disease - 3 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - rifampin AND Lyme disease - 6 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - Thienamycins AND Lyme disease - 2 on 1 Nov 99
MEDLINE - Carbapenems AND Lyme disease - 2 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - imipenem AND Lyme disease - 5 on 1 Nov 99
MEDLINE - imipenem cilastatin (Primaxin) AND Lyme disease - 2 on 1 Nov 99
MEDLINE - Trichomonacides AND Lyme disease - 0 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - metronidazole (Flagyl) AND Lyme disease - 2 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - tinidazole (Fasigyn) AND Lyme disease - 0 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - Sulfonamides AND Lyme disease - 14 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - chloramphenicol AND Lyme disease - 13 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - trimethoprim/trimoxazole[trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole] AND LD-11 on 19Sep99
MEDLINE - gentamicin AND Lyme disease - 4 on 19 Sep 99
MEDLINE - quinine AND Lyme disease - 3 on 19 Sep 99 [used to treat babesiosis]
Articles on antibiotics and Lyme disease
Long-Term or Repeated Antibiotic Therapy for Lyme Disease - An Annotated Bibliography
Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Tick Bite For Prevention Of Lyme Disease - Annotated Bibliography
Potential New Antibiotics for Borrelia burgdorferi, 12th ICLD, April 1999
AAP News Rel. - Antibiotics Provide Positive Outcome For Lyme Arthritis Patients, Oct 5, 1998
Antibiotics Effective Against Lyme Arthritis in Children, [Med Trib: I & C Edition 39(19):25, 1998]
Antibiotics for Early LD May Prevent Full Seroconversion but not CNS Infection, Mar 1997 [inop 29 May 00]
Ceftibuten and Cefepime, Med Sci Bull. 1996;18(8):3, April 1996
Intramuscular Bicillin For Persistent Pediatric Lyme Disease, From the IX Intl. Conf. on Lyme
FDA: New Vaccine Targets LD, Treatment and Prevention, Ceftin and LD, May-Jun 99
Oral Doxycycline First Line Therapy for Early Lyme Disease, Medical Tribune: 4(10): 1997
Drug [doxycycline] Confirmed As First-Line Therapy for Most Early Lyme, Medical Tribune: 1997
Drug Approvals December 1996, FDA - Cefuroxime axetil (Ceftin) and Lyme disease
Clarithromycin (Biaxin) In Treatment Of Early Lyme Disease, Feb. 1996
Introduction - Clarithromycin [for Lyme disease], Infect Med 13(supC):9, 1996
Antibiotics in the Lyme Light, doxycycline, amoxicillin, azithromycin used to treat EM, AIM 1996
CDC: Ceftriaxone-Associated Biliary Complications of Treatment of ...LD - NJ, 1990-92
Lyme, Spirochetes, Flagyl and the Nitroimidazoles, Martin Atkinson-Barr, CPhys PhD
December 1999. FLAGYL - Joseph J. Burrascano Jr., M.D.
Metronidazole therapy in the treatment of chronic Lyme disease
Metronidazole comment (Infomed Drug Guide - www.infomed.org)
General articles on antibiotics
Cephalosporins [General Information] -- PEPID Sample
Tinidazole (Fasigyn) Info Sheet, PWA Health Group, January 27, 1999
For more information on Lyme disease see:
Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease
Comments or questions concerning this page should be directed to
Art Doherty.
Last updated on 29 May 2000 by
Art Doherty
Lompoc, California
doherty@utech.net