Lyme disease associated with Alzheimer's disease

This case report discusses a patient with co-occurring neuroborreliosis and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although no claim is made for causality nor is there objective evidence that spirochetes are involved in AD, co-infection may exacerbate the symptoms of either neuroborreliosis or AD. Much is t...

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Published in:Current microbiology 2006-04, Vol.52 (4), p.330-332
Main Authors: Meer-Scherrer, Laurence, Chang Loa, Chien, Adelson, Martin E, Mordechai, Eli, Lobrinus, Johannes Alexander, Fallon, Brian A, Tilton, Richard C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease - complications
Alzheimer's disease
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Borrelia
Borrelia burgdorferi - classification
Borrelia burgdorferi - genetics
Brain - microbiology
Brain - pathology
Central nervous system
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Doxycycline - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Lyme disease
Lyme Disease - complications
Lyme Disease - drug therapy
Lyme Disease - microbiology
Vector-borne diseases
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Summary:This case report discusses a patient with co-occurring neuroborreliosis and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although no claim is made for causality nor is there objective evidence that spirochetes are involved in AD, co-infection may exacerbate the symptoms of either neuroborreliosis or AD. Much is to be learned about the role of spirochetes in degenerative central nervous system disease.
ISSN:0343-8651
1432-0991
DOI:10.1007/s00284-005-0454-7