“A physician who is board certified in the specialty of infectious diseases surely is "Lyme literate" and should know how to diagnose and treat Lyme disease;
the same is true for general practitioners in endemic areas with experience treating patients with Lyme disease,” writes Phillip J. Baker, PhD, executive director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation, in the American Journal of Medicine. [1]
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD, MPH
So, what does it take to be “Lyme literate”?
Baker argues that “Lyme disease conforms to the same fundamental rules and principles applicable to other infectious diseases.”
But he fails to define what it would take for a board certified infectious disease specialist to be “Lyme literate.”
I would assume a “Lyme literate” doctor would be able to diagnose and treat the following types of cases: