Xenodiagnosis for B. burgdorferi detection safe in humans
"Among 16 patients with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and/or high C6 antibody levels and among five patients who complete antibiotic treatment for erythema migrans, xenodiagnosis was negative. Xenodiagnosis was positive for B. burgdorferi DNA in two patients: one with erythema migrans early during therapy and in a patient with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, but there is not enough evidence to conclude the presence of viable spirochetes."
"Among 16 patients with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and/or high C6 antibody levels and among five patients who complete antibiotic treatment for erythema migrans, xenodiagnosis was negative. Xenodiagnosis was positive for B. burgdorferi DNA in two patients: one with erythema migrans early during therapy and in a patient with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, but there is not enough evidence to conclude the presence of viable spirochetes."
