Three-antibiotic cocktail clears 'persister' Lyme bacteria in mouse study

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that a slow-growing variant form of Lyme bacteria caused severe symptoms in a mouse model. The slow-growing variant form of Lyme bacteria, according to the researchers, may account for the persistent symptoms seen in ten to twenty percent of Lyme patients that are not cured by the current Lyme antibiotic treatment.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news