Dr. Breitschwerdt taught that after treatment, negative antibodies can create a “rebirth of Bartonella antibodies.”
He may mean that a past antibody level which dropped to negative increases with treatment, or perhaps that antibodies become positive after treatment.
Our Detection Trick For Bartonella
For 20 years, we have pretreated for possible Bartonella, and this stealth bacteria often becomes positive afterward.
This is one tool not used by good “Lyme Doctors” that results in ongoing illness. I would beg them to consider this, but I lack the necessary political standing within a specific Lyme organization. . .
Quote: Lesson 1: Diagnosis of Bartonella Species Infections | VectorWise CME (opens in new tab). Accessed August 7, 2026.