Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alzheimer Disease / complications
- Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
- Borrelia burgdorferi / classification
- Borrelia burgdorferi / genetics
- Brain / microbiology
- Brain / pathology*
- DNA, Bacterial / analysis
- Doxycycline / therapeutic use
- Female
- Humans
- Lyme Disease / complications*
- Lyme Disease / drug therapy
- Lyme Disease / microbiology
Substances
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- DNA, Bacterial
- Doxycycline