Descriptive Data on Trends Among Patients Hospitalized With Lyme Disease in Southwest Michigan, 2017-2021

This retrospective chart review identifies hospitalizations for Lyme disease at two southwest Michigan hospital systems, 2017-2021. Lyme admissions increased sharply, while admissions for Lyme carditis and neuroborreliosis increased in parallel. Southwest Michigan is becoming an endemic area for Lyme disease.

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This study retrospectively reviewed hospitalizations for Lyme disease in two southwest Michigan hospital systems from 2017 to 2021. Lyme admissions showed a sharp increase, with parallel increases in admissions for Lyme carditis and neuroborreliosis. Southwest Michigan is becoming an endemic area for Lyme disease.