Lyme Disease

Hundreds of articles show that doxycycline and amoxicillin/Augmentin and IV/IM Ceftriaxone do not kill persisters or biofilm forms.  Ceftriaxone [Rochephin] Pulse Dosing Fails to Eradicate Biofilm-Like Microcolony B. burgdorferi Persisters    And yet these Lyme are killed well by Daptomycin + Doxycycline + Cefuroxime without Pulse Dosing Feng and coauthors suggest one possibility for persistent illness in some treated Lyme patients… “… is due […]

In previous studies, we showed that fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) contribute to inflammatory mediator output from primary rhesus microglia in response to live Borrelia burgdorferi. We also demonstrated that non-viable B. burgdorferi can be as pathogenic as live bacteria, if not more so, in both CNS and PNS tissues. In this study we assessed the effect of live and non-viable B. burgdorferi in inducing

There is no controversy over the Lyme bacteria’s ability to invade the brain. Here, there was a look at brain Lyme or Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB). They report that office and radiology tests are highly variable and not clearly specific for Lyme, delaying diagnosis and treatment. So they explored MRI patterns in those with neurological Lyme.

SAMPLES 1. 90 seconds of education in medical school and residency with minutes to mere hours in class learning this super specialization. 2. Board prep training has minutes to pass infection boards. CME classes merely on Lyme may give you a magical view of competence. “Abracadabra” and POOF you have spent over 20 years and 2000 hours

*The Lyme Disease Biobank (LDB) enrolls participants with signs and symptoms of early Lyme disease (LD) from endemic areas.  Over 2014 to 2023, 466 cases and 367 controls were enrolled in Central Wisconsin. *253 LDB participants who provided samples from an initial and a convalescent blood draw. *Blood testing used typical USA testing. The blot tests were

I have seen people try many ways to keep tick carrying Bartonella, Lyme disease, or other infections. None have tried balsam fir essential oil. Certainly synthetic synthetic pesticides can reduce tick numbers, but can harm beneficial insects, such as pollinators. Plant-based essential oils could provide an alternative because they have low environmental persistence; but struggle