Re: NEWS: Mark Klempner and The Science.

Mort Zuckerman wrote:

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Subject: [SpinLyme] NEWS: Mark Klempner and The Science.

Date: Jun 8, 2008 5:51 AM

What Mark Klempner has to say about Chronic Lyme:
http://www.actionlyme.org/index.htm
http://www.actionlyme.org/Mark_Klempner_Fibroblasts.htm

"Moreover, antibiotic treatment does not preclude isolation of viable
spirochetes
from patients. For example, B. burgdorferi has been isolated from
skin, synovial
fluid and cerebrospinal fluid of patients who received antibiotic
treatment for
Lyme disease...

Hmmm, lemme find out why... Hmm. It seems ceftriaxone is defeated by
the intracellular
spirochetes, and even when I cultured 46 petri dishes of spirochetes
with ceftriaxone
(and NO FIBROBLASTS for them to hide in) I was able to recover
spirochetes in 3
of them.

"CONCLUSION: Ceftriaxone fails to cure Lyme Disease due to the
intracellularity
of the spirochetes."

"--- Thanks and have a nice day,
"Mark Klempner"

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Yes, this is why I am saying for a few years now that ceftriaxone alone is not a logical treatment and that there is no justification for long term use of expensive and potentially dangerous IV ceftriaxone.

A short term course of ceftriaxone followed by eukaryotic cell penetrating protein synthesis inhibiting antibiotics that can be taken orally makes more sense. Or skip the ceftriaxone entirely.
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