Tulane University: Study Finds Evidence of Persistent Lyme Infection in Brain Despite Aggressive Antibiotic Therapy
May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 18 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release:
Tulane University researchers found the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in the brain tissue of a woman who had long suffered neurocognitive impairment after her diagnosis and treatment for the tick-borne disease. The presence of the corkscrew-shaped Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in the former Lyme disease patient's brain and spinal cord were evidence of a persistent infection.< . . .
Tulane University researchers found the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in the brain tissue of a woman who had long suffered neurocognitive impairment after her diagnosis and treatment for the tick-borne disease. The presence of the corkscrew-shaped Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in the former Lyme disease patient's brain and spinal cord were evidence of a persistent infection.< . . .