HM18: Tick-borne illnesses

Key takeaways for HM

Lyme disease can be seen in inpatient settings with cardiac, neurologic, and musculoskeletal manifestations.
Several emerging tick-borne infections (tularemia, STARI [southern tick-associated rash illness]), relapsing fever (B. hermsii), B. miyamotoi, and B. mayonii should also be on clinicians’ radar.
Ticks can also spread viruses that can have particularly deadly consequences such as Powassan, Heartland, and Bourbon.
Climate change is good for ticks, but bad for humans.

Dr. Kim is assistant professor of medicine in the division of hospital medicine at Emory University, Atlanta.

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