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Selected References

1. Johnson L, Stricker RB. The Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme guidelines: a cautionary tale about   the development of clinical practice guidelines. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2010;5:9.
2.  Stricker RB, Johnson L. Long-term outcomes in patients with early Lyme disease: more false hope? Clin Infect Dis. 2010;50:1683-4
3. Stricker RB, Johnson L: Anti-neural antibody reactivity in patients with post-treatment Lyme disease. Brain Behav Immun 2010;24:1025.
4.  Stricker RB, Winger EE. Natural killer cells in chronic Lyme disease. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009;16:1704.
5. Stricker RB, Savely VR, Motanya NC, Giclas PC. Complement split products C3a and C4a in chronic Lyme disease. Scand J Immunol. 2009;69:64-9.
6. Stricker RB, Johnson L: IDSA Lyme Guidelines: Response to Dr. Gershon's Letter. South Med J 2009;102:1089-90.
7. Stricker RB, Green CL, Savely VR, Chamallas SN, Johnson L. Safety of intravenous antibiotic therapy in patients referred for treatment of neurologic Lyme disease. Minerva Med. 2010;101:1-7.
8.  Stricker RB, Johnson L. Gender bias in chronic lyme disease. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009;18:1717-8.
9.  Stricker RB, Johnson L. The Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme guidelines: Poster child for guidelines reform. South Med J. 2009;102:565-6.
10.  Johnson L, Stricker RB. Attorney General forces Infectious Diseases Society of America to redo Lyme guidelines due to flawed development process. J Med Ethics. 2009;35:283-8.
11. Stricker RB, Johnson L. Chronic Lyme disease and the 'Axis of Evil'. Future Microbiol. 2008;3:621-4.
12.  Stricker RB, Maloney EL. Acute infection with human monocytic ehrlichiosis: the tip of the iceberg? South Med J. 2008;101:214-5.
13. Stricker RB, Johnson L. Re: Prolonged Lyme disease treatment: enough is enough. Neurology. 2008;71:1380.
14.  Stricker RB, Johnson L. Serologic tests for Lyme disease: more smoke and mirrors. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;47:1111-2.
15. Stricker RB, Johnson L. Re: Practice parameter: treatment of nervous system Lyme disease (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2008;70:1719.
16. Stricker RB, Johnson L. Persistent Borrelia burgdorferi infection after treatment with antibiotics and anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha. J Infect Dis. 2008;197:1352-3.
17. Stricker RB, Johnson L. Searching for autoimmunity in "antibiotic-refractory" Lyme arthritis. Mol Immunol. 2008;45:3023-4.
18. Stricker RB, Corson AF, Johnson L. Reinfection versus relapse in patients with lyme disease: not enough evidence. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:950.
19. Stricker RB. Counterpoint: long-term antibiotic therapy improves persistent symptoms associated with lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;45:149-57.
20. Stricker RB, Johnson L. Lyme wars: let's tackle the testing. BMJ. 2007;335:1008.
21. Stricker RB, Johnson L. Lyme disease: a turning point. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2007;5:759-62.
22. Stricker RB, Brewer JH, Burrascano JJ, Horowitz R, Johnson L, Phillips SE, Savely VR, Sherr VT. Possible role of tick-borne infection in "cat-scratch disease": comment on the article by Giladi et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;54:2347-8.
23. Phillips SE, Burrascano JJ, Horowitz R, Savely VR, Stricker RB. Lyme disease testing. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006;6:122.
24. Stricker RB, Lautin A, Burrascano JJ. Lyme disease: the quest for magic bullets. Chemotherapy. 2006;52:53-9.
25. Savely VR, Leitao MM, Stricker RB. The mystery of Morgellons disease: infection or delusion? Am J Clin Dermatol. 2006;7:1-5. Review.
26. Stricker RB, Burrascano JJ, Harris NS, Horowitz R, Johnson L, Smith PV, Phillips SE. Coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti: bad or worse? J Infect Dis. 2006;193:901-2..
27. Phillips SE, Burrascano JJ, Harris NS, Horowitz R, Johnson L, Smith PV, Stricker RB. Rash decisions about southern tick-associated rash illness and Lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;42:306-7.
28. Stricker RB, Lautin A, Burrascano JJ. Lyme disease: point/counterpoint. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2005;3:155-65. Review.
29. Phillips SE, Burrascano JJ, Harris NS, Johnson L, Smith PV, Stricker RB. Chronic infection in 'post-Lyme borreliosis syndrome'. Int J Epidemiol. 2005;34:1439-40.
30. Phillips SE, Harris NS, Horowitz R, Johnson L, Stricker RB. Lyme disease: scratching the surface. Lancet. 2005;366:1771.
31. Stricker RB, Johnson L, Harris N, Burrascano JJ. Inaccurate information about Lyme disease on the internet. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005;24:577-8.
32. Johnson L, Stricker RB. Treatment of Lyme disease: a medicolegal assessment. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2004;2:533-57.