Archive for November, 2011

Linda’s comment.This is an excellent success story by Dr Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, LLMD a world leading mold/lyme specialists……While there is cross over in symptoms, it is not always Lyme……this video takes a few advertising breaks, but please watch the whole thing….absolutely EYE OPENING…..

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/128/4/e1019.abstract?etoc

Linda’s comment…Evidence is emerging for differential pathogenicity among Borrelia burgdorferi genotypes in the United States. By using two linked genotyping systems, ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer type (RST) and outer surface protein C (OspC), we studied the inflammatory potential of B. burgdorferi genotypes in cells and patients with erythema migrans or Lyme arthritis.

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21641395

Excerpt:

Differences among genotypes were not as great in patients
with Lyme arthritis, but those infected with RST1 strains more often had
antibiotic-refractory arthritis. Thus, the B. burgdorferi RST1 (OspC type A)
genotype, followed by the RST3 (OspC type I) genotype, causes greater
inflammation and more severe disease, establishing a link between spirochetal
virulence and host inflammation

Linda’s comment:  Clinical, diagnostic and immunological characteristics of patients with possible neuroborreliosis without intrathecal Ig-synthesis against Borrelia antigen in the cerebrospinal fluid.

PCR did not reveal any Borrelia antigen in CSF. The diagnosis
and treatment of possible but not confirmed neuroborreliosis is a
clinical challenge. The clinical response to treatment may be the best
option in these cases.