New Proof That Lyme is Polymicrobial and PTLDS is simply active Lyme

bran new study, just published

https://rawlsmd.com/health-articles/new-proof-that-lyme-is-polymicrobial-what-it-means-for-you


In the study, researchers at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland tested 432 blood samples for 17 microbes from individuals suspected of having Lyme disease.

The Researchers Results and Conclusions:

Across the board in all categories — including acutely ill participants and those classified as negative for Lyme — 65% of blood samples tested positive for two or more microbes, and many samples tested positive for a spectrum of microbes.

72% of CDC negative samples were positive for persistent forms of at least one species of Borrelia, and 95% of PTLDS samples were positive for Borrelia-persistent forms.

They strongly called into question the CDC’s current guidelines for managing Lyme disease.
Based on these findings, the researchers concluded that Lyme disease is typically a polymicrobial illness. They speculate that infection with multiple tick-borne microbes increases the microbial burden of the body and disrupts immune system functions. Disruption of immune system functions allows tick-borne microbes and other opportunistic microbes to thrive, thus creating a cycle of immune dysfunction and chronic misery. How they arrived at these conclusions, however, was not well defined.

The list of tick-borne microbes tested for included three species of Borrelia, both acute and chronic persistent forms:

Borrelia burgdorferi
Borrelia afzelii
Borrelia garinii

Other tick-borne microbes included:

Babesia microti
Bartonella henselae
Bartonella abortus
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Rickettsia akari
Tick-borne encephalitis virus

In comparison, most providers in the U.S. typically test for only Borrelia burgdorferi, and providers in Europe will generally test for the other species of Borrelia commonly found in Europe. Coinfections are not included in routine Lyme testing.

The researchers recognized that many people with Lyme disease can chronically harbor non-tick-borne opportunistic microbes, which can also contribute to illness; therefore they included the following microbes in their testing as well:

Chlamydia pneumoniae
Chlamydia trachomatis
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma fermentans
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Coxsackievirus
Human parvovirus B19

Interesting. I was just tested for four different tbd at citi md, so they did test for more. I also had a reactivation of ebv at the my first dka hospitalization. I was only tested for that because a type 1diabetes study asked me to be tested for it because I have fatigue and they were adding to their study of treating type 1 with the TB vaccination, studying people who have type 1 and ebv.

"How they arrived at these conclusions, however, was not well defined." - the bad part.

Unless prof of what kind of testing was used, the US conventional non-lyme believers will deny this as proof.

“...tested 432 blood samples for 17 microbes from individuals suspected of having Lyme disease. The type of testing used was serology — a measurement of immunoglobulins or antibodies produced in the body against microbes — using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The blood samples were analyzed for IgM and IgG immunoglobulins to microbial antigens (antibodies against bacteria that show up in either acute or chronic infections).”

Of course it's polymicrobial. But how did they test for "persistent forms"?