Posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome

JN Aucott - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2015 - id.theclinics.com
In general, the prognosis after treatment of uncomplicated infection with Borrelia burgdorferi,
the causative agent of Lyme disease, is favorable. However, the clinical management of …

Exploring gaps in our knowledge on Lyme borreliosis spirochaetes–updates on complex heterogeneity, ecology, and pathogenicity

J Franke, A Hildebrandt, W Dorn - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2013 - Elsevier
The Lyme borreliosis complex is a heterogeneous group of tick-borne spirochaetes of the
genus Borrelia (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) that are distributed all over the temperate …

Why are people antiscience, and what can we do about it?

A Philipp-Muller, SWS Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
From vaccination refusal to climate change denial, antiscience views are threatening
humanity. When different individuals are provided with the same piece of scientific evidence …

[HTML][HTML] The year that shaped the outcome of the OspA vaccine for human Lyme disease

RJ Dattwyler, M Gomes-Solecki - Npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
The expansion of Lyme borreliosis endemic areas and the corresponding increase of
disease incidence have opened the possibility for greater acceptance of a vaccine. In this …

“Because the country, it seems though, has turned their back on me”: experiences of institutional betrayal among veterans living with Gulf War illness

K Bloeser, KK McCarron, VL Merker, J Hyde… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
People living with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) often have poor quality of life
and health outcomes. Many struggle to engage with and trust in healthcare systems. This …

[PDF][PDF] Persistent symptoms after treatment of Lyme disease

A Marques - Infectious disease clinics of North America, 2022 - Elsevier
The controversy regarding the underlying mechanisms of PTLDs and the increasingly bitter
debate over CLD, continues unabated over the past years. If anything, it has become more …

Lyme neuroborreliosis

K Hansen, C Crone, W Kristoferitsch - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2013 - Elsevier
Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) designates the nervous system disorders caused by the tick-
borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb). The clinical syndromes are usually distinct and …

[HTML][HTML] Lyme Disease Frontiers: Reconciling Borrelia Biology and Clinical Conundrums

VV Bamm, JT Ko, IL Mainprize, VP Sanderson… - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Lyme disease is a complex tick-borne zoonosis that poses an escalating public health threat
in several parts of the world, despite sophisticated healthcare infrastructure and decades of …

Misdiagnosis of Lyme disease with unnecessary antimicrobial treatment characterizes patients referred to an academic infectious diseases clinic

T Kobayashi, Y Higgins, R Samuels… - Open forum …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Although Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infection in
the United States, diagnostic accuracy within community settings is not well characterized …

Efficacy and safety of pharmacological treatments for acute L yme neuroborreliosis–a systematic review

R Dersch, MH Freitag, S Schmidt… - European journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Our aim was to evaluate the available evidence for
pharmacological treatment of acute Lyme neuroborreliosis as a basis for evidence‐based …