Studies that report unexpected positive blood cultures for Lyme borrelia – are they valid?

In this report we review the validity of three studies that reported the recovery of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from the blood of a high proportion of patients for whom no evidence was presented, and no claim was made, that the patients had untreated early Lyme disease. In two of the studies the patients had been treated extensively with antibiotics for Lyme disease before the cultures were obtained.
Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - Category: Microbiology Authors: Source Type: research