Immunoblot analysis of the seroreactivity to recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antigens, including VlsE, in the long-term course of treated patients with Erythema migrans [PDF]
Objective: We evaluated whether immunoblotting is capable of substantiating the posttreatment clinical assessment of patients with erythema migrans ( EM), the hallmark of early Lyme borreliosis.
Aguero-Rosenfeld ME +57 more
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What Makes It Tick: Exploring the Mechanisms of Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome. [PDF]
Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS), which may also be referred to incorrectly as "chronic Lyme disease," is defined by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) as the presence of fatigue, pain, and/or cognitive complaints with the functional impact that persists for more than six months after completing treatment for Lyme disease (LD)
Wester KE +6 more
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Association of small fiber neuropathy and post treatment Lyme disease syndrome. [PDF]
To examine whether post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) defined by fatigue, cognitive complaints and widespread pain following the treatment of Lyme disease is associated with small fiber neuropathy (SFN) manifesting as autonomic and sensory dysfunction.This single center, retrospective study evaluated subjects with PTLDS.
Novak P +4 more
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Azlocillin can be the potential drug candidate against drug-tolerant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto JLB31. [PDF]
Lyme disease is one of most common vector-borne diseases, reporting more than 300,000 cases annually in the United States. Treating Lyme disease during its initial stages with traditional tetracycline antibiotics is effective. However, 10-20% of patients
Ahmed, Mohamed Sohail +7 more
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Effects of intravenous ketamine in a patient with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. [PDF]
Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is a pain disorder for which there remains no gold standard treatment option. Here, we report a case of PTLDS in a female patient whose pain was refractory to treatment options such as radiofrequency ablation, vitamin infusion therapy, opioid analgesics, and other pharmacotherapies.
Hanna AF, Abraham B, Hanna A, Smith AJ.
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The Borrelia afzelii outer membrane protein BAPKO_0422 binds human Factor-H and is predicted to form a membrane-spanning beta-barrel [PDF]
The deep evolutionary history of the Spirochetes places their branch point early in the evolution of the diderms, before the divergence of the present day Proteobacteria.
Adam Dyer +76 more
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The effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce the health impact of climate change:a systematic review of systematic reviews [PDF]
Climate change is likely to be one of the most important threats to public health in the coming years. Yet despite the large number of papers considering the health impact of climate change, few have considered what public health interventions may be of ...
A Bouchama +67 more
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Post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms score: Developing a new tool for research. [PDF]
Some patients have residual non-specific symptoms after therapy for Lyme disease, referred to as post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms or syndrome, depending on whether there is functional impairment. A standardized test battery was used to characterize a diverse group of Lyme disease patients with and without residual symptoms.
Turk SP +11 more
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Guidelines for Lyme borreliosis: post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS)
Persistent symptoms following appropriate treatment of confirmed Lyme borreliosis (LB) require a systematic clinical reassessment. The diagnostic approach should verify the accuracy of the initial diagnosis, adherence to and adequacy of antibiotic therapy, and consider potential sequelae or differential diagnoses such as new-onset diseases or ...
P. Arias +9 more
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The Emerging Role of Microbial Biofilm in Lyme Neuroborreliosis [PDF]
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in North America and Borrelia afzelii or Borrelia garinii in Europe and Asia, respectively.
Bordignon, Valentina +10 more
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