What Clinicians Should Know About the New Lyme SpeciesWhat Clinicians Should Know About the New Lyme Species
Borrelia burgdorferi isn't the only bacterial species causing Lyme disease in the United States. Learn about emerging tickborne infections and how they differ from 'traditional' Lyme disease. Medscape Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 1, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
'Neoehrlichiosis' internationally diagnosed, successfully treated in patients without immunodeficiency for the first time
The intercellular bacteria "Candidatus Neoehrlichia", as e.g. Borrelia, can be transferred by ticks. Approx. 4.2 % of indigenous ticks are infected with this rarely explored bacterium which, until today, has been exclusively identified as pathogenic bacterium in patients with an impairment of the immune system, such as in case of leukemia, rheumatism or after organ transplantation. Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers has succeeded in diagnosing the bacterium in an otherwise healthy female patient with fever of an unknown origin - and treating it successfully. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Lyme: The Infectious Disease Equivalent of Cancer, Says Top Duke Oncologist
Last week, I mentioned the case of Dr. Neil Spector, whose long-undiagnosed Lyme Disease resulted in irreversible heart failure and ultimately, a heart transplant. Dr. Spector, author of Gone in a Heartbeat: A Physician's Search for True Healing, is the Sandra Coates Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University School of Medicine. As the Director of Developmental Therapeutics at the Duke Cancer Institute, he's a leader in applying translational research to the clinical development of molecularly targeted personalized cancer therapies. Here, Dr. Spector shar...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Borrelia mayonii is new cause of Lyme disease variant
A new species of Borrelia has been linked to a variant of Lyme disease with symptoms that differ somewhat from typical Lyme borreliosis.
Of 100,545 routine clinical specimens tested at the... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - February 11, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Borrelia mayonii is new cause of Lyme disease variant
A new species of Borrelia has been linked to a variant of Lyme disease with symptoms that differ somewhat from typical Lyme borreliosis.
Of 100,545 routine clinical specimens tested at the... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - February 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Borrelia mayonii is new cause of Lyme disease variant
A new species of Borrelia has been linked to a variant of Lyme disease with symptoms that differ somewhat from typical Lyme borreliosis.
Of 100,545 routine clinical specimens tested at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for Lyme borreliosis between 2003 and 2014, six clinical specimens –... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - February 11, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Scientists Discover New Bacteria Responsible For Lyme Disease
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Researchers have discovered a new bacteria that causes Lyme disease in humans, a U.S. health agency said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, working with the Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, discovered the new bacteria, called Borrelia mayonii, the CDC said in a statement. Previously, only one bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, was believed to cause human Lyme disease, which is transmitted through bites from by the blacklegged "deer" tick, the CDC statement said. The new bacteria has so far only been detected in the upper Midwest region of the...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 9, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
New Lyme Disease Bacteria Discovered in Upper Midwest: CDC
TUESDAY, Feb. 9, 2016 -- A new Lyme disease-causing bacteria has been identified in the United States, and it may bring even worse symptoms, health officials said.
Borrelia burgdorferi was the only bacteria species believed to cause Lyme disease in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 9, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Scientists Found A New Bacteria Causing Lyme Disease: Borrelia Mayonii
There’s a new Borrelia bacterium on the block, joining its cousin in causing Lyme disease. B. mayonii has recently been identified as a new cause of Lyme in the Midwest. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 9, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Judy Stone Source Type: news
New Bacteria Species that Causes Lyme Disease Discovered (FREE)
By Kelly Young
Edited by Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
Scientists report the discovery of a new species of bacteria (Borrelia mayonii) in the upper Midwest of the U.S. that causes a unique presentation of Lyme disease. Their findings appear in the Lancet Infectious Diseases.Researchers screened … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - February 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Researchers identify new Borrelia species that causes Lyme disease
A new bacterial species that causes Lyme disease in people has been identified by researchers. The new species has been provisionally named Borrelia mayonii. Prior to this finding, the only species believed to cause Lyme disease in North America was Borrelia burgdorferi. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 8, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mayo researchers identify new Borrelia species that causes Lyme disease
(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic researchers, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health officials from Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, have discovered a new bacterial species that causes Lyme disease in people. The new species has been provisionally named Borrelia mayonii. Prior to this finding, the only species believed to cause Lyme disease in North America was Borrelia burgdorferi. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Mayo Researchers Identify New Borrelia Species that Causes Lyme Disease
Until now, Borrelia burgdorferi was only species believed to cause Lyme disease in North America Rochester, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health officials from Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, have discovered a new bacterial species that causes Lyme disease in people. The new [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - February 8, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Man Diagnosed With ALS Dies of Lyme Disease (Part 1 of 2)
Tara and David Geraghty On Dec. 22, three days before Christmas, 55-year-old David A. Geraghty died from complications of a supposedly rarely fatal infection: Lyme disease. As reported in The Valley Breeze, a Lincoln, R.I. newspaper, Geraghty and his family found out conclusively that he has had Lyme disease just one year ago, last December. As was the case for me and is not uncommon in other cases of Lyme disease diagnoses, it was Geraghty and his wife -- not his physicians -- who pushed for investigation into the cause of his illness and ultimately were responsible for discovering that Lyme disease was at the root. Ger...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tick-ing Time Bomb: Lyme Disease Conquers New Territory
In the summer of 1975 a group of children who often played together developed an unusual flu-like illness with severe joint pain. They were diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA). All of them lived in a small town at the mouth of the Connecticut River called Lyme. The story of their disease contains all the elements of a good novel; mystery, loss, blood, empathy, indifference, conflict, controversy and conspiracy, truth and fiction. Doctors suspect JRA when they see kids with persistent joint pain or swelling, unexplained skin rashes, and fever associated with swelling of lymph nodes or inflammation of interna...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
