Published Date
24/06/2019
Molecular Testing of Serial Blood Specimens from Patients with Early Lyme Disease during Treatment Reveals Changing Coinfection with Mixtures of Borrelia burgdorferi Genotypes
Journal
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Citation
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019; 63 (7)
DOI
10.1128/AAC.00237-19
Authors
Mosel MR, Carolan HE, Rebman AW, Castro S, Massire C, Ecker DJ, Soloski MJ, Aucott JN, Eshoo MW
Abstract
Borrelia burgdorferi is the etiological agent of Lyme disease. In the current study, we used direct-detection PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry to monitor and genotype B. burgdorferi isolates from serially collected whole-blood specimens from patients clinically diagnosed with early Lyme disease before and during 21 days of antibiotic therapy. B. burgdorferi isolates were detected up to 3 weeks after the initiation of antibiotic treatment, with ratios of coinfecting B. burgdorferi genotypes changing over time.
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