Chronic Lyme disease: in defense of the scientific enterprise

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Excerpt:

There is no better example of a relentless attack on
evidence-based biomedical research and the integrity of
outstanding scientists than that associated with the treatment of
a poorly defined condition called “chronic Lyme disease.” Here, a
scientifically naive general population, the lay press, and
legislators, who in most instances are unable to evaluate and
judge scientific evidence properly, have been misled by patient
advocate groups to believe that extended antibiotic therapy is
the best and only solution to this condition. This has resulted
in the unprecedented intrusion of government and the legal
systems into the practice of medicine and scientific research.
Because there is no clinical evidence that this condition is due
to a persistent infection, advocating extended antibiotic therapy
is not justified and has been shown to be harmful and of no
benefit.-Baker, P. J. Chronic Lyme disease: in defense of the
scientific enterprise.