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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: 1.00

Target Audience:

This activity is directed to physicians, medical students, nurse practitioners, nurses, and physician assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Review the definitions of Chronic Lyme vs Infection Associated Chronic Illness vs Lyme Associated Chronic Illness vs Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS).
  • Discuss epidemiology and incidence of Lyme infections in the USA.
  • Discuss in detail the PTLDS and how it’s defined and what the literature says about diagnosis and treatment

There is no educational content to this course. This course is designed to only administer the post-test and collect CME evaluations for the podcast associated with this training.

Suggested Additional Reading:

  • Abbott, B. Chronic Lyme Was Once Dismissed. More Doctors Are Coming Around. Wall Street Journal. July 20, 2025.
  • Feder HM Jr, Johnson BJ, O'Connell S, Shapiro ED, et al. A critical appraisal of "chronic Lyme disease". N Engl J Med. 2007 Oct 4;357(14):1422-30. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra072023. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 6;358(10):1084. Agger, WA; Artsob, H ; Auwaerter, P; Dumler, JS ; Bakken, JS ; Bockenstedt, LK ; Green, J; Dattwyler, RJ; Munoz, J ; Nadelman, RB; Schwartz, I; Draper, T ; McSweegan, PMID: 17914043.
  • Rebman AW, Bechtold KT, Yang T, et al. The Clinical, Symptom, and Quality-of-Life Characterization of a Well-Defined Group of Patients with Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndrome. Front Med (Lausanne). 2017 Dec 14;4:224. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00224. PMID: 29312942; PMCID: PMC5735370.
  • Aucott JN, Yang T, Yoon I, Powell D, et al. Risk of post-treatment Lyme disease in patients with ideally-treated early Lyme disease: A prospective cohort study. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Mar;116:230-237. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.033. Epub 2022 Jan 21. PMID: 35066160.
  • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Charting a Path Toward New Treatments for Lyme Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/28578.

Authors:
Andrew Nowalk, MD, PhD — Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Tony R. Tarchichi, MD — Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC.) Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Group
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.