Myositis Autoantibodies in Patients with Suspected Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome [PDF]
Life, 2023 Most patients suffering from Lyme disease are effectively treated with antibiotics. In some patients, however, problems persist for a long time despite appropriate therapy. The term post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is currently used for this condition in scientific literature.
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Systematic comparisons between Lyme disease and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in the U.S. with administrative claims data [PDF]
EBioMedicine, 2023 Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is used to describe Lyme disease patients who have the infection cleared by antibiotic but then experienced persisting symptoms of pain, fatigue, or cognitive impairment. Currently, little is known about the cause or epidemiology of PTLDS.We conducted a data-driven study with a large nationwide ...
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Dysautonomia following Lyme disease: a key component of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome? [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyDysautonomia, or dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), may occur following an infectious insult and can result in a variety of debilitating, widespread, and often poorly recognized symptoms. Dysautonomia is now widely accepted as a complication of COVID-19 and is an important component of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC or long COVID)
Brittany L Adler +2 more
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Autoantibodies in post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Armin Alaedini, Gary P Wormser
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Lyme Disease and Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome: Current and Developing Treatment Options [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Lyme disease and its treatment implications have become an ever-increasing area of concern within the United States related to the markedly increased prevalence of infection within the last two decades. The presentation, pathophysiology, and epidemiology of Lyme disease have been well studied, and thus treatments for this disease are widely available ...
Talbot, Norris C +11 more
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Update of the Swiss guidelines on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. [PDF]
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2016 Lyme borreliosis is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection, which responds well to antibiotic therapy in the overwhelming majority of cases.
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Neuroborreliosis and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome: Focus on Children [PDF]
Life, 2023 Neuroborreliosis is a form of Lyme Borreliosis (LB) that affects various structures of the central and peripheral nervous system. Although most cases of LB can be cured with a course of antibiotics, some children can present prolonged symptoms, which may constitute post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS).
Agnieszka Myszkowska-Torz +5 more
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Language Fluency Deficits in Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome [PDF]
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2022 Abstract Objective Recent neurocognitive studies of patients with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) find consistent deficits in memory and processing speed. Language fluency deficits are observed as well but may be secondary to poor memory and slowing rather than an independent deficit.
Marianne Gorlyn +2 more
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Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome symptomatology and the impact on life functioning: is there something here? [PDF]
Quality of Life Research, 2012 A subset of patients treated for Lyme disease report persistent or recurrent symptoms of unknown etiology named post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). This study aims to describe a cohort of participants with early, untreated Lyme disease, and characterize post-treatment symptomatology and functional impact of PTLDS over time.Sixty-three ...
John N Aucott, Lauren A Crowder
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Cost of illness in patients with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in Belgium [PDF]
European Journal of Public Health, 2023 Abstract Background A proportion of patients with Lyme borreliosis (LB) report long-term persisting signs and symptoms, even after recommended antibiotic treatment, which is termed post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS).
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