In vitro susceptibility of Borrelia spielmanii to antimicrobial agents commonly used for treatment of Lyme disease

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Mar;53(3):1281-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01247-08. Epub 2008 Dec 15.

Abstract

Ten isolates of the recently delineated genospecies Borrelia spielmanii were tested against antimicrobial agents used to treat Lyme disease and compared to eight isolates of the other three human-pathogenic borrelial genospecies. Despite some small but significant differences in four out of eight antibiotic agents, the susceptibility pattern of B. spielmanii mainly parallels that of the other known human-pathogenic members of the B. burgdorferi sensu lato complex.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / genetics*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / classification*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / genetics*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / drug therapy*
  • Lyme Disease / genetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents