Lyme disease

Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis is an infectious tick-borne disease, caused by the Borrelia spirochete, a gram-negative microorganism.

Treatment

Traditional treatment of acute Lyme disease usually consists of a minimum two-week to one-month course of antibiotics, preferably doxycycline (two 200 mg capsules a day). Effectiveness of this treatment protocol in eradicating the infection continues to be controversial, due to the scientifuc fraud involved in the CDC's testing criteria. CDC staff are interest-conflicted and own European patent Number WO9324145. All involved knew the only reliable way to diagnose borreliosis was with genus-specific flagellin (p41 or 41 kD). Patients are rarely, if ever, false positive.

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With the chronic late-stage form of the disease, it may be necessary to continue antibiotic treatment for months or even years. In some cases, immunomodulating drugs are necessary. Not all chronic or tertiary cases are resolved.

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The most effective antibiotic treatment in the chronic stage appears to be ceftriaxone (Rocephin®), given intravenously (as oral antibiotics are often ineffective at completely eradicating the disease in any but the initial/early stage). This may, however, cause problems for sensitive patients, as ceftriaxone can cause gallbladder problems. Since there are a maze of different borrelia strains - which can not be identified in vivo - it is often the treating physician's educated guess as to which antibiotic will best treat the given strain a patient has.

Related Topics:
Ceftriaxone - Intravenous

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