
You go hiking in the woods with some of your classmates. A few days after the hike, your friend Alice calls to tell you she is not feeling well and that she is going to skip soccer practice that evening. She says she has a weird rash on her leg and wonders if she was bitten by a spider while your were hiking. She sends you a photo of the rash. You are in your final semester of nursing school and have recently studied disease of the cardiovascular system. You think that the rash that Alice has is a sign of Lyme disease, and offer to take her to the urgent care to get medical help. While you are waiting to see a clinician, you review answer Alice's questions about Lyme disease.
-Which statement is NOT True of Lyme disease?
A) Untreated Lyme disease can lead to serious complications, including arthritis and cardiovascular and neurological problems.
B) The main reservoirs for Borrelia bergdorferi are infected white-footed mice, deer, deer ticks, and deer mosquitoes.
C) Several different antibiotics can be used to treat patients in the early stages of Lyme disease, including doxycycline, amoxicillin, and cefuroxime.
D) Chronic Lyme disease signs and symptoms such as arthritis occur due to persisting bacteria and the host's immune response to them.
E) Signs and symptoms of Lyme disease occur in three phases, although individual patients may be asymptomatic in one or more of these stages.
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