Sam T Donta

Summary

Affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The antibiotic treatment trial of Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: issues, design, screening, and baseline characteristics
    Joseph F Collins
    Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, VA Medical Center, Perry Point, MD 21902, USA
    Control Clin Trials 23:333-53. 2002
  2. ncbi Macrolide therapy of chronic Lyme Disease
    Sam T Donta
    Boston University Medical Center, 650 Albany Street 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, U S A
    Med Sci Monit 9:PI136-42. 2003
  3. ncbi Lyme disease guidelines--it's time to move forward
    Sam T Donta
    Clin Infect Dis 44:1134-5; author reply 1137-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Late and chronic Lyme disease
    Sam T Donta
    Divisions of Infectious Disease and BioMolecular Medicine, Lyme Disease Unit, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Med Clin North Am 86:341-9, vii. 2002
  5. ncbi SPECT brain imaging in chronic Lyme disease
    Sam T Donta
    Department of Medicine Infectious Diseases, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02541, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 37:e219-22. 2012
  6. ncbi Benefits and harms of doxycycline treatment for Gulf War veterans' illnesses: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
    Sam T Donta
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Ann Intern Med 141:85-94. 2004

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Publications6

  1. ncbi The antibiotic treatment trial of Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: issues, design, screening, and baseline characteristics
    Joseph F Collins
    Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, VA Medical Center, Perry Point, MD 21902, USA
    Control Clin Trials 23:333-53. 2002
    ..All patients were seen monthly during treatment and at 6 months after the end of treatment. Study patients had a mean age of 41 years and were mostly male (86%), white (64%), married (68%), and employed full-time (71%)...
  2. ncbi Macrolide therapy of chronic Lyme Disease
    Sam T Donta
    Boston University Medical Center, 650 Albany Street 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, U S A
    Med Sci Monit 9:PI136-42. 2003
    ..As macrolides are less active at a low pH, their poor clinical activity might be due to localization of borrelia to an acidic endosome, and their activity improved by alkalinization of that compartment with hydroxychloroquine...
  3. ncbi Lyme disease guidelines--it's time to move forward
    Sam T Donta
    Clin Infect Dis 44:1134-5; author reply 1137-9. 2007
  4. ncbi Late and chronic Lyme disease
    Sam T Donta
    Divisions of Infectious Disease and BioMolecular Medicine, Lyme Disease Unit, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Med Clin North Am 86:341-9, vii. 2002
    ..Much additional work is needed to improve the understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of the disease, its diagnosis and treatment...
  5. ncbi SPECT brain imaging in chronic Lyme disease
    Sam T Donta
    Department of Medicine Infectious Diseases, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02541, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 37:e219-22. 2012
    ..The objective of this study was to determine the frequency, location, and severity of abnormalities in SPECT scans of the brain of patients with chronic Lyme disease...
  6. ncbi Benefits and harms of doxycycline treatment for Gulf War veterans' illnesses: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
    Sam T Donta
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, MA 02130, USA
    Ann Intern Med 141:85-94. 2004
    ..LIMITATIONS: Adherence to treatment after 6 months was poor. CONCLUSION: Long-term treatment with doxycycline did not improve outcomes of GWVIs at 1 year...