Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha activation of Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in antibiotic-treated murine Lyme borreliosis: an unproven conclusion

J Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 15;196(12):1865-6; author reply 1866-7. doi: 10.1086/523826.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / drug effects
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / pathogenicity
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / physiology*
  • Ceftriaxone / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / drug therapy*
  • Lyme Disease / microbiology
  • Mice
  • Spirochaetales / drug effects
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / immunology

Substances

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Ceftriaxone