Borreliella burgdorferi Antimicrobial-Tolerant Persistence in Lyme Disease and Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndromes

Borreliella burgdorferi Antimicrobial-Tolerant Persistence in Lyme Disease and Posttreatment Lyme Disease Syndromes

ABSTRACT The annual incidence of Lyme disease, caused by tick-transmitted Borreliella burgdorferi, is estimated to be at least 476,000 cases in the United States and many more worldwide. Ten to 20% of antimicrobial-treated Lyme disease patients display posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS), a...

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Main Authors: Felipe C. Cabello, Monica E. Embers, Stuart A. Newman, Henry P. Godfrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-06-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
bacterial persistence
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease
post-Lyme disease syndromes
antimicrobial tolerance
persistence
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03440-21

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