Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 1;51(1):1-5. doi: 10.1086/654809.
In April 2008, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) entered into an agreement with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to voluntarily undertake a special review of its 2006 Lyme disease guidelines. This agreement ended the Attorney General's investigation into the process by which the guidelines were developed. The IDSA agreed to convene an independent panel to conduct a one-time review of the guidelines. The Review Panel members, vetted by an ombudsman for potential conflicts of interest, reviewed the entirety of the 2006 guidelines, with particular attention to the recommendations devoted to post-Lyme disease syndromes. After multiple meetings, a public hearing, and extensive review of research and other information, the Review Panel concluded that the recommendations contained in the 2006 guidelines were medically and scientifically justified on the basis of all of the available evidence and that no changes to the guidelines were necessary.
2008 年 4 月，美国传染病学会（IDSA）与康涅狄格州总检察长理查德·布卢门撒尔达成协议，自愿对其 2006 年莱姆病指南进行特别审查。该协议结束了总检察长对指南制定过程的调查。IDSA 同意召集一个独立小组对指南进行一次性审查。审查小组成员由监察员审查潜在利益冲突，对 2006 年指南的全部内容进行了审查，特别关注专门针对莱姆病后综合征的建议。经过多次会议、公开听证会以及对研究和其他信息的广泛审查，审查小组得出结论，根据所有现有证据，2006 年指南中的建议在医学和科学上是合理的，无需对指南进行任何更改。
