Whether Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, can persist for long periods in the human body has been a controversial question. The objective of this study was to see if we could find B. burgdorferi in a Lyme disease patient after a long clinical course and after long-term antibiotic treatment.
Published in Antibiotics: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/8/4/183
PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31614557