Background Lyme borreliosis, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. B. burgdorferi sensu lato accumulates intact phospholipids from its environment to support its growth. Several of these environmentally acquired phospholipids including phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidic acid may be recognized by anti-phospholipid antibodies that are believed to arose early in infection. Here we aimed to investigate the levels of anti-phospholipid antibodies in patients with Lyme borreliosis. Methods Participants included in the study: * 150 patients with well-defined Lyme borreliosis, of which 30 presented with solitary erythema migrans (EM), 30 with multiple EM (MEM), 30 with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB), 30 with Lyme arthritis (LA), 30 with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA); * 50 patients with nonspecific symptoms and positive borrelial antibodies in serum; and * 40 healthy blood donors (control group; samples from healthy blood donors were used to determine the threshold for the assays). Specimens: * 4 serum samples from each individual patient with well-defined Lyme borreliosis (1 before antibiotic treatment, 3 during follow-up up to 1 year); * 2 serum samples from patients with nonspecific symptoms and positive borrelial antibodies (1 before antibiotic treatment and one 3 months later); * healthy blood donors: 1 serum specimen. Anti-phospolipid antibodies: Levels of IgG and IgM isotypes of 4 anti-phospholipid antibodies including anti-cardiolipin (aCL), anti-phosphatidylserine (aPS), anti-phosphatidic acid (aPA) and anti-phosphatidylcholine (aPC) will be analyzed with in-house ELISAs.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Anti-phospholipid antibody levels in well-defined clinical manifestations of Lyme disease before antibiotic treatment.
Timeframe: Baseline
Levels of anti-phospholipid antibodies in patients with well-defined Lyme borreliosis (EM, multiple EM, LNB, LA, ACA) during the 1-year follow-up after antibiotic treatment.herapy in patients with well-defined Lyme borreliosis
Timeframe: Up to one year.