skin diseases – F.I.G.H.T for your health! http://lymebook.com/fight Linda Heming describes her Lyme disease healing journey Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:54:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Antibody reactivity to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto antigens http://lymebook.com/fight/antibody-reactivity-to-borrelia-burgdorferi-sensu-stricto-antigens/ http://lymebook.com/fight/antibody-reactivity-to-borrelia-burgdorferi-sensu-stricto-antigens/#respond Mon, 24 May 2010 14:59:06 +0000 http://lymebook.com/fight/?p=1111 Excerpt:

In the present study, we report the occurrence of borreliosis in patients from the Brazilian Amazonic region. Nineteen (7.2%) out of 270 dermatological patients with different skin diseases (no one with clinical Lyme disease), tested positive by ELISA for Borrelia burgdorferi. Serum samples from 15 out of the 19 ELISA-positive patients were further evaluated by Western blot. Presence of Borrelia burgdorferi specific IgG was confirmed in eight (53.3%) out of the 15 patients. All eight patients with ELISA and Western blot positive reactions were treated with doxycycline, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. One of them had clinical manifestations of colagenosis and was sent to the Department of Internal Medicine for further investigation. Data presented here suggested that borreliosis “lato sensu” is in the Brazilian Amazon region.

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