Lyme causing MS-like disease?
By Linda on Aug 2, 2011 in Infections | comments(0)
Linda comments: It can be hypothesized that the borrelial persistence in the body may have been one of the triggers of the autoimmune process resulting in demyelination of the central nervous system (CNS). Inflammation occurs with most autoimmune diseases and of course we know that inflammation can and does effect the central nervous system…
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A case report is presented of a 55-year-old patient diagnosed with a
demyelinating disease of unclear etiology. The patient had Lyme
borreliosis in 2004. Specific IgG antibodies against B. burgdorferi s.
l. were detected in the serum. Intrathecal antibodies were not found in
the cerebrospinal fluid, but the presence of B. garinii DNA was
confirmed by PCR analysis. It can be hypothesized that the borrelial
persistence in the body may have been one of the triggers of the
autoimmune process resulting in demyelination of the central nervous
system (CNS).
