Table 1 Clinical data for study patients
Patient # | Age | Gender | Lyme serology | Coinfecting tickborne diseases | Antibiotic treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 86 | Female | Positive | Babesia microti, Bartonella henselae | Treated at time of sampling |
2 | 52 | Female | Positive | Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Previous treatment, but off at time of study |
3 | 56 | Female | *Positive | Not tested | Never treated |
4 | 75 | Female | *Positive | Not tested | Not treated at time of study |
5 | 50 | Male | Equivocal | Not tested | Never treated |
6 | 41 | Male | Positive | Spotted fever group and typhus fever group | Began treatment after start of study |
7 | 51 | Female | *Positive | Not tested | Never treated |
8 | 53 | Female | Positive | Not tested | Previous treatment, but off at time of study |
9 | 35 | Female | Not tested | Not tested | Never treated |
10 | 63 | Female | Positive | Spotted fever group and Mycoplasma spp. (Labcorp) | Not treated at time of study |
11 | 47 | Female | *Positive | Not tested | Not treated at time of study |
12 | 38 | Male | Positive | None | On antibiotic therapy during study |
13 | 43 | Female | Positive | Babesia spp. | Treated but off antibiotics during study |
14 | 53 | Female | *Positive | Not tested | Never treated |
15 | 48 | Female | Clinical diagnosis, not tested | Not tested | Not treated at time of study |
16 | 56 | Female | Not tested | Not tested | Never treated |
17 | 62 | Female | *Positive | Not tested | Not treated at time of study |
18 | 51 | Female | Not tested | Not tested | Never treated |
19 | 75 | Female | **Positive | Not tested | Had 2Â weeks treatment for Lyme but no treatment after |
20 | 60 | Female | **Positive | Not tested | Had 3 weeks erythromycin after EM rash and + serology, no treatment after |
21 | 37 | Female | Positive | Not tested | Not treated at time of study |
22 | 53 | Female | Not tested | Not tested | Not treated at time of study |
23 | 68 | Female | Not tested | Not tested | Never treated |
24 | 73 | Female | Not tested | Not tested | Never treated |
25 | 58 | Female | ***Positive | Not tested | Never treated |