Bay Area study shows other therapies more effective than doxy for some

For those of you who believe you've contracted lyme in the San Francisco Bay Area, you might want to discuss the findings of this new study w/ your LLMD:

California Strains of Lyme Bacteria May Survive Antibiotic Treatment According to Study
This new study funded by Bay Area Lyme Foundation identifies 20 FDA-approved compounds that are more effective in inhibiting persistent Lyme bacteria than standard treatment

Apr 06, 2016, 09:00 ET from Bay Area Lyme Foundation

SILICON VALLEY, Calif., April 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A laboratory study published today, funded by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation, is the first study to demonstrate that strains of Lyme bacteria present in California ticks are able to form persister bacteria, which do not respond well to treatment. The study is also the first to identify FDA-approved therapies that may be more effective in inhibiting these specific strains of persister bacteria in the lab than doxycycline, the most commonly prescribed treatment for Lyme disease. The study was conducted by Stanford School of Medicine and published in the open Access publication Drug Design, Development and Therapy. View full study here: http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=26319

www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/california-strains-of-lyme-bacteria-may-survive-antibiotic-treatment-according-to-study-300246904.html

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Pirouette-This is in line with other Stanford studies (all funded by Bay Area Lyme Foundation) that have shown that ticks in California (not just the Bay Area) carry a higher toxin load and now carry persister bacteria.

The study that was published in August tested ticks from Sonoma County to Santa Cruz County if I remember correcty. Their not making any distinction in this new study.

One of the Chronic Lyme Summit segments had ways to deal with persister cells.

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I felt the key info in the article (much shorter read than the study) is the following:
"Among these 20 FDA-approved compounds, three of them inhibited more persister bacteria than doxycycline; these are azlocillin, gramicidin and cefotaxime. Of note, cefotaxime is one of the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines and widely used for treating many diseases. Further studies must be conducted before considering these compounds as treatment for Lyme disease. "

Also, we all know that ticks don't stay in one area. They tested 50+ species of birds in No. California a year or two ago and half of them carried lyme.

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Actually Girlie-Sharks fans sent them back with Canucks fans---the rivalry continues -:)

I've also read-I believe it was in one of the Lyme summit posts-that they are looking at Leprosy drugs for persister bacteria as Leprosy is also a persister bacteria.

I think the drought in California and then this El Nino with have some effect. It's green again and things are growing back at a fast pace here earlier than normal. New cases peaked here last year around May and this year requests for LLMD's started in mass in February. Scary

I resent being turned against nature. Just add that to all the other issues I'm mad about. I am growing anxious for Tuttle's petition sigs... we are so close. I want to see someone held responsible for this crisis.

"I've also read-I believe it was in one of the Lyme summit posts-that they are looking at Leprosy drugs for persister bacteria as Leprosy is also a persister bacteria." ----fascinating.

And totally agree about the weather impact out here.

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