Lyme disease pathogenesis

J Coburn, B Garcia, LT Hu, MW Jewett… - Current issues in …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lyme disease Borrelia are obligately parasitic, tick-transmitted, invasive, persistent bacterial
pathogens that cause disease in humans and non-reservoir vertebrates primarily through …

Gene regulation and transcriptomics

DS Samuels, MC Lybecker, XF Yang, Z Ouyang… - Current issues in …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi, along with closely related species, is the etiologic agent of
Lyme disease. The spirochete subsists in an enzootic cycle that encompasses acquisition …

Disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) in the treatment of lyme disease and babesiosis: report of experience in three cases

KB Liegner - Antibiotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Three patients, each of whom had required intensive open-ended antimicrobial therapy for
control of the symptoms of chronic relapsing neurological Lyme disease and relapsing …

Superior efficacy of combination antibiotic therapy versus monotherapy in a mouse model of Lyme disease

Y Alruwaili, MB Jacobs, NR Hasenkampf… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Lyme disease (LD) results from the most prevalent tick-borne infection in North America, with
over 476,000 estimated cases annually. The disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) …

Repurposing Disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) as a Potential Drug Candidate against Borrelia burgdorferi In Vitro and In Vivo

HHSK Potula, J Shahryari, M Inayathullah… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lyme disease caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb or B. burgdorferi) is the most common
vector-borne, multi-systemic disease in the USA. Although most Lyme disease patients can …

Identification of new drug candidates against Borrelia burgdorferi using high-throughput screening

VR Pothineni, D Wagh, MM Babar… - Drug Design …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Lyme disease is the most common zoonotic bacterial disease in North America. It is
estimated that> 300,000 cases per annum are reported in USA alone. A total of 10%–20% of …

“Repurposing” disulfiram in the treatment of Lyme disease and babesiosis: retrospective review of first 3 years' experience in one medical practice

J Gao, Z Gong, D Montesano, E Glazer, K Liegner - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
A total of 71 patients with Lyme disease were identified for analysis in whom treatment with
disulfiram was initiated between 15 March 2017 and 15 March 2020. Four patients were lost …

Azlocillin can be the potential drug candidate against drug-tolerant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto JLB31

VR Pothineni, HHSK Potula, A Ambati… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Lyme disease is one of most common vector-borne diseases, reporting more than 300,000
cases annually in the United States. Treating Lyme disease during its initial stages with …

Contribution of a ZIP‐family protein to manganese uptake and infective endocarditis virulence in Streptococcus sanguinis

T Puccio, KS Kunka, SS An, T Kitten - Molecular microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Streptococcus sanguinis is an important cause of infective endocarditis. In strain SK36, the
ABC‐family manganese transporter, SsaACB, is essential for virulence. We have now …

Current and emerging approaches for eliminating Borrelia burgdorferi and alleviating persistent Lyme disease symptoms

K Zafar, OC Azuama, N Parveen - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi
bacteria in North America. Other Borrelia species are predominately the cause of this …