Abstract:
:Antibiotic therapy with penicillin, doxycycline, and ceftriaxone has proven to be effective for the treatment of Lyme borreliosis. In some patients, however, it was noticed that borreliae can survival in the tissues in spite of seemingly adequate therapy. For a better understanding of this phenomenon, we investigated the different modes of degeneration of Borrelia burgdorferi suspensions during a 96-h exposure to various antibiotics. By dark-field microscopy and ultrastructural investigations, increasing blebbing and the gradual formation of granular and cystic structures could be followed during the exposure time. Although antibiotic concentrations at the MIC at which 90% of organisms are inhibited after 72 h were 80% or even greater, motile organisms were still present after incubation with penicillin and doxycycline but not after incubation with ceftriaxone. By transmission electron microscopy, intact spirochetal parts, mostly situated in cysts, were seen up to 96 h after exposure with all three antibiotics tested. According to experiences from studies with other spirochetes it is suggested that encysted borreliae, granules, and the remaining blebs might be responsible for the ongoing antigenic stimulus leading to complaints of chronic Lyme borreliosis.
journal_name
Antimicrob Agents Chemotherjournal_title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapyauthors
Kersten A,Poitschek C,Rauch S,Aberer Edoi
10.1128/aac.39.5.1127subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-05-01 00:00:00pages
1127-33issue
5eissn
0066-4804issn
1098-6596journal_volume
39pub_type
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/aac.37.9.1997
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/aac.39.11.2535
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1981-07-01 00:00:00