Re: Absence of Borrelia burgdorferi-specific immune complexes in CFS

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Hi,

I think the definative phrase here is " CDC defined. "

Christie

Dx'ed with lupus, lyme and CFIDS/FMS

>Absence of Borrelia burgdorferi-specific immune complexes in chronic

fatigue syndrome.

>Authors: Schutzer SE, Natelson BH

>Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey

Medical School,

>Newark 07103, USA. schutzer@...

>Journal: Neurology 1999 Oct 12;53(6):1340-1

>NLM citations: PMID: 10522896, UI: 99450731

>

>The authors found that both CFS patients and healthy subjects tested

negative for Borrelia

>burgdorferi (Bb), the cause of Lyme disease, concluding that CDC-defined

CFS patients who do

>not present with the more specific symptoms of Lyme disease, such as

erythema migrans (the

>classic early rash),

>Bell's palsy, or large joint arthritis, " are not likely to have laboratory

evidence of Bb

>infection. "

>

>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=10522896 & form=6 & db=

m & Dopt=b

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