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May 6, 2025

Could Piperacillin Be the Lyme Breakthrough We Need?

Could Piperacillin Be the Lyme Disease Breakthrough We Need?

A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at Northwestern University has generated cautious optimism in the Lyme disease community. The study found that an older antibiotic—piperacillin—was able to clear Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, in mice at doses 100 times lower than doxycycline. This is noteworthy. Doxycycline has long […]

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Can Lyme disease stay hidden during pregnancy and only emerge after childbirth?

A 23-year-old woman from Brooklyn, NY, presented to her primary care physician with bilateral knee swelling and pain three days after delivering a healthy baby girl. She rated the pain as 8 out of 10 in severity and reported that it worsened with walking. Case The patient recalled experiencing similar knee pain for two days

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