Re: clinical courses of neuroLyme after ceftriaxone

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If you get 3 good days out of the ceftriaxone and it turns just tell

them if you could try cefazolin.This is just a tip if the rocephin

turns. Not a political debate on pathogens.But do look out for

feeling great then twister.

tony

> Obvious problems with this abstract - a poorly defined use of the

> word " cure, " a very brief treatment period of 2-3 weeks, etc. I

> decided to post it anyway, because it's fairly recent and if one

> spoke German the full paper might be interesting.

>

>

>

> Nervenarzt. 2004 Jun;75(6):553-7.

>

> [Clinical courses of acute and chronic neuroborreliosis following

> treatment with ceftriaxone]

>

> [Article in German]

>

> Kaiser R.

>

> Neurologische Klinik, Stadtisches Klinikum Pforzheim.

> Kaiser.Neurologische_Klinik@S...

>

> Between 1990 and 2000, a total of 101 patients with acute (n=86)

or

> chronic (n=15) neuroborreliosis (proven by clinical data,

> pleocytosis in the CSF, and elevated Borrelia burgdorferi-specific

> antibody indices) were treated with 2 g of ceftriaxone per day for

> either 2 or 3 weeks. The patients were reexamined clinically and

> serologically after 3, 6, and 12 months. Six (12) months after the

> antibiotic treatment, about 93% (95%) of the patients with acute

> neuroborreliosis and 20% (66%) of the patients with chronic

> neuroborreliosis were cured. One year after treatment, four

patients

> with acute neuroborreliosis still suffered from facial palsy and

> five with chronic neuroborreliosis still had moderate spastic

ataxic

> gait disturbance. The prognosis of facial palsy in

neuroborreliosis

> is quite similar to that in idiopathic facial palsy, while that in

> chronic neuroborreliosis largely depends on the time elapsed

before

> diagnosis.

>

> Publication Types:

> Clinical Trial

> Controlled Clinical Trial

>

> PMID: 15257378 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]