http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/15/3/4284

Detection of Borreliae in Archived Sera from Patients with Clinically Suspect Lyme Disease

 

From Dr. Richard Horowitz
Patients with clinical Lyme disease may not all be infected by the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, but in fact by other related bacteria, such as Borrelia miyamotoi and a new, as yet unnamed spirochete according to a paper just published this month in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/15/3/4284/.

This could explain why some patients present with the clinical symptoms of Lyme disease, but fail to test positively on standard two-tiered testing and why they remain ill. Expanded research on the role of these diverse bacteria and associated tick-borne pathogens (such as Babesia, Bartonella and Mycoplasma species) are essential to further our understanding of how we can help those afflicted with Lyme-MSIDS.