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Ultrastructure of Borrelia burgdorferi in tissues of patients with Lyme disease

✍ Scribed by RNDr. Dagmar Hulínská; Jan Jirouš; Marika Valešová; Jana Herzogová

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
767 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
0233-111X

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✦ Synopsis

Spirochetal organisms were sought in 18 skin and 4 synovial membrane specimens obtained by biopsy from 22 Lyme disease patients. The presence of spirochetes in body tissues was histologically demonstrated in one patient with lymphadenosis benigna cutis, one patient with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans and in one patient with active arthritis. The organisms were 5-30 pm long and 0.12-0.25 pm thick, had 8 or 11 flagella arising from both ends of the body, and their ultrastructure was analogous to that of cultured Borrelkr burgdorferi strains. They were located intra-or perivascularly, or in the collagenous connective tissue of the skin and synovium. This implies that Lyme spirochetes may have a potential to survive in body tissues and cause injury to blood vessels.

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