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Ceftriaxone was prescribed more often than oral doxycycline in definite LNB than in possible LNB (96.4% vs. 65.7%). Unfavorable outcomes decreased during follow\u2010up, being higher in patients with more severe disease at enrollment and in those with possible LNB, but were not associated with antibiotic therapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Early LNB, most often presenting as cranial neuropathy, was definitively diagnosed in less than half of cases. A better diagnostic approach is needed to confirm borrelial etiology. Ceftriaxone was not superior to doxycycline in the treatment of early LNB, regardless of diagnostic certainty.<\/jats:p><jats:p>In this retrospective cohort study of 311 adults with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB), allocated according to diagnostic certainty, early LNB was definitively diagnosed in less than half of cases and the most frequent LNB manifestation was cranial neuropathy with or without meningitis. 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