A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Species associated with Lyme disease - B. afzelii, B. andersonii, B. bissettii, B. burgdorferi, B. garinii, B. japonica, B. lusitaniae, B. tanukii, B. turdi, B. valaisiana - Reported treatments for Lyme disease include - amoxycillin, doxycycline, ceftriaxone
Species associated with relapsing fever - B. caucasica, B. crocidurae, B. recurrentis, B. duttoni, B. graingeri, B. hermsii, B. hispanica, B. latyschewii, B. mazzottii, B. parkeri, B. persica, B. recurrentis, B. turicatae, B. venezuelensis - Reported treatments for Lyme disease include - tetracycline, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, penicillin - B. recurrentis is louse-borne; other spp. are tick-borne
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