Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
MeSH Terms
Lyme Disease, Cell Culture Techniques
Subject: LCSH
Lyme disease, Medical microbiology
Disciplines
Biology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Abstract
In this report we present a method to cultivate Borrelia spirochetes from human serum samples with high efficiency. This method incorporates improved sample collection, optimization of culture media and use of matrix protein. The method was first optimized utilizing Borrelia laboratory strains, and later by demonstrating growth of Borrelia from sera from fifty seropositive Lyme disease patients followed by another cohort of 72 Lyme disease patients, all of whom satisfied the strict CDC surveillance case definition for Lyme disease. The procedure resulted in positive cultures in 47% at 6 days and 94% at week 16. Negative controls included 48 cases. The positive identification of Borrelia was performed by immunostaining, PCR, and direct DNA sequencing.
DOI
10.7150/ijms.5698
Creative Commons License
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Repository Citation
Sapi, Eva; Pabbati, Namrata; Datar, Akshita; Davies, Ellen M.; Rattelle, Amy; and Kuo, Bruce A., "Improved Culture Conditions for the Growth and Detection of Borrelia from Human Serum" (2013). Biology and Environmental Science Faculty Publications. 53.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/biology-facpubs/53
Publisher Citation
Sapi E, Pabbati N, Datar A, Davies EM, Rattelle A, Kuo BA. Improved Culture Conditions for the Growth and Detection of Borrelia from Human Serum. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10(4):362-376. doi:10.7150/ijms.5698.
Comments
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