Lyme Disease: Studies on the Cystic Form of Borrelia burgforferi

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Studies on the Cystic Form of Borrelia burgforferi

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Contents

• In Vivo Transformation of Cystic Forms of Borrelia to Normal Sphirochetes
• Cystic Form of Borrelia: Susceptibility to Treatment with Metronidazole
• Methodology for Generation of Cystic Forms of Borreloa burgdorferi
• Transformation of Borrelia Spirochetes to Cystic Forms in Spinal Fluid
• Transformation of Encysted Borrelia Burgdorferi to Normal Spirochetes
• Confirmatory Study: Transformation of Borrelia to a Cystic Form
• Pleomorphism in Borrelia: Spheroplast L-Form Variants Without Cell Walls
• In Vivo Morphologic Variants of Borrelia Burghdorferi in Skin Biopsies
• Survival of Encysted Borrelia Following Incubation with Antibiotics
• In Vivo Discovery of Borrelia Cysts in Erythema Chronicum Migrans
• In Vivo Findings: Observation of Borrelia Cysts in Autopsy of Human Brain
• Early Observations of Spirochetes and Granular Forms

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