What Makes It Tick: Exploring the Mechanisms of Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome.

antibiotic treatment autoimmune response borrelia burgdorferi chronic lyme disease inflammation lyme persistent infection post-treatment lyme disease tick-borne

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2024
Historique:
accepted: 20 07 2024
medline: 20 8 2024
pubmed: 20 8 2024
entrez: 20 8 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS), which may also be referred to incorrectly as "chronic Lyme disease," is defined by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) as the presence of fatigue, pain, and/or cognitive complaints with the functional impact that persists for more than six months after completing treatment for Lyme disease (LD). These symptoms occur in 10%-20% of patients previously diagnosed with LD caused by the bacteria

Identifiants

pubmed: 39161484
doi: 10.7759/cureus.64987
pmc: PMC11332314
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

e64987

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024, Wester et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

Auteurs

Kate E Wester (KE)

School of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, SXM.

Bianca C Nwokeabia (BC)

School of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, SXM.

Rehana Hassan (R)

School of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, SXM.

Taylor Dunphy (T)

School of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, SXM.

Michael Osondu (M)

School of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, SXM.

Carson Wonders (C)

School of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, SXM.

Misbahuddin Khaja (M)

Department of Internal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, Bronx, USA.

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