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Bartonella clarridgeiae bacteremia detected in an asymptomatic blood donor.
[CanLyme Note: Bartonella infection (bartonelliosis) in humans is an emerging and rapidly expanding field of medical science as a flea and... View Article
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Borrelia miyamotoi Disease in the Northeastern United States: A Case Series
Background: The first recognized cases of Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD) in North America were reported in the northeastern United States... View Article
Widespread Borrelia miyamotoi Tick-borne Fever Found in US
Medscape: written by Janis C. Kelly June 12, 2015 Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD), a tick-borne infection that can cause more severe symptoms than... View Article
New tick-borne disease has severe symptoms worse than the Lyme disease
[CanLyme note: It is our position this is not a new tick-borne disease. There has been no test for it in... View Article
In Test Tube, ‘Pulse-Doses’ Of Antibiotic Wipe Out Lyme Disease Bacteria Persisters
June 12, 2015 Carey Goldberg From the Northeast to the Midwest and beyond, it’s high season for Lyme disease. An... View Article
The association between infectious burden and Parkinson’s disease: A case-control study
Abstract Introduction The etiology of Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the... View Article
Cancer specialist with Lyme disease – his battle with diagnosis and bureaucracy
Cancer specialist at Duke University Medical Center, Dr. Neil Spector, tells his story of getting a diagnosis … if your... View Article
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Lyme Disease: How the Way of Reporting a Clinical Trial Can Alter the Perception of Effectiveness
Urba`Gonza´ lez, MD, PhD; Department of Dermatology, Clinica Plato´ , Barcelona, Spain “Comment I recommend the complementary reading of other... View Article
Infection Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks Collected from Songbirds in Far-Western Canada
Authors: John D. Scott, Lance A. Durden, John F. Anderson AbstractWorldwide, wild birds play a vital role in the dispersal... View Article
Commentary: Diagnosis, treatment of Lyme Disease controversial
May 24, 2015 12:15 am By Prof. Holly Ahern The recent letter to the editor by Lauren Meilhede, M.D. to... View Article
From urine therapy to vitamins: study warns of untested Lyme disease ‘cures’
[CanLyme note: What is not addressed in this article below is that if patients were being properly handled within the Canadian... View Article
Canada take notice: Antibiotics should be considered early for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) in endemic areas even if classic findings are absent
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 1;60(11):1659-66. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ116. Epub 2015 Feb 19. Risk factors for fatal outcome from rocky mountain... View Article
Clinical Presentation, Convalescence, and Relapse of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs Experimentally Infected via Tick Bite
Abstract Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by R. rickettsii in North and South America. Domestic... View Article
Case report: Co-infection of Rickettsia rickettsii and Streptococcus pyogenes: is fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever underdiagnosed?
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Dec;91(6):1154-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0437. Epub 2014 Oct 20. Raczniak GA1, Kato C2, Chung IH2, Austin... View Article
Association of Lyme Disease and Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Type: Is it Inflammation Mediated?
Mattingley DW1, Koola MM2. Author information 1Doctor of Medicine Program, Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Dutch Caribbean, Netherlands and... View Article