Direct detection of Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in Early Lyme
By Linda on May 3, 2010 in Infections | comments(0)
Excerpt:
The detection of spirochetes in 15 patients with clinically
documented early disseminated LB has been analyzed when using
cultivation method of the plasma or the cerebrospinal fluid,
electron microscopy, commercial Western blot and detecting the
DNA of the pathogen in vitro cultures by PCR-RFLP. Spirochetes
were isolated in eight blood and one cerebrospinal fluid culture
samples.*In seven cases (47%), previous serodiagnostic laboratory tests
were negative*
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