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Post by Admin/ Traveler on Feb 20, 2019 18:17:06 GMT
Cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi from Joint Fluid Three Months After Treatment of Facial Palsy Due to Lyme BorreliosisI can't copy and paste any of the document, so I do encourage you to go read it for yourself! Here is what I will type out, as it kind of says it all: "This report gives further evidence that oral two week courses with amoxicillin-clavulanate, or doxycycline, administered in doses recommended for treatment of primary Lyme borreliosis may be inadequate for facial palsy due to Lyme disease. Despite clinical resolution of paralysis, subsequent arthritic consequences occurred. To our knowledge this is the first report of the successful isolation of B. burgdorferi from synovial fluid and the subsequent propagation through serial passage. This positive culture strongly suggests that the spirochetes were not eradicated by the initial antimicrobial regimens...."
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Post by alyeska on Feb 27, 2019 14:55:59 GMT
Cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi from Joint Fluid Three Months After Treatment of Facial Palsy Due to Lyme BorreliosisI can't copy and paste any of the document, so I do encourage you to go read it for yourself! Here is what I will type out, as it kind of says it all: "This report gives further evidence that oral two week courses with amoxicillin-clavulanate, or doxycycline, administered in doses recommended for treatment of primary Lyme borreliosis may be inadequate for facial palsy due to Lyme disease. Despite clinical resolution of paralysis, subsequent arthritic consequences occurred. To our knowledge this is the first report of the successful isolation of B. burgdorferi from synovial fluid and the subsequent propagation through serial passage. This positive culture strongly suggests that the spirochetes were not eradicated by the initial antimicrobial regimens...." It’s about time! The funny thing is, that person’s Lyme blood tests probably came back negative!
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Post by Admin/ Traveler on Feb 27, 2019 20:01:05 GMT
All the article says is "Repeated serological studies confirmed the assumed B. burgdorferi etiology of the facial palsy and excluded viral etiology."
So, there's no telling how many tests were performed before they actually believed it, as I can't see the full text due to not being a member of the IDSA.
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Post by alyeska on Mar 6, 2019 19:36:50 GMT
This is how bad my memory is today. I just looked at this, forgot I had read the article and responded, and thought, “It’s about time!” At least I’m laughing about it!!! We finally have some sunshine which may have helped my mood a little.
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