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Reports show failure rates of 30 62% within 3 years of short-course treatment using antibiotics thought to be effective for Lyme disease. Conversely for neurologic complications of Lyme disease, doubling the length of intravenous ceftriaxone treatment from 2 to 4 weeks improved the success rate from 66 to 80%.
Dangers of long-term treatment for Lyme disease. 1  De Wilde M, Speeckaert M, Callens R, Van Biesen W. Ceftriaxone-induced immune hemolytic anemia as a life-threatening complication of antibiotic treatment of âchronic Lyme diseaseâ. 2  Ettestad PJ, Campbell GL, Welbel SF, et al.