If it looks like syphilis, and acts like syphilis, it must be Lyme disease.
In this episode, we look at the new research which demonstrates Lyme disease in a Morgellons patient, and question if molecular testing for syphilis wouldn’t also be appropriate.
Morgellons Petition to the CDC
Study Cements Link Between Protean Morgellons Lesions and Lyme Disease.
History of Morgellons disease: from delusion to definition
Clinical evaluation of Morgellons disease in a cohort of North American patients
Dermatological and Genital Manifestations of Lyme Disease Including Morgellons Disease
An Update on the Global Epidemiology of Syphilis
How Syphilis Came Roaring Back
New CDC statistics: nearly half a million people diagnosed with Lyme disease annually
False positive lyme serology due to syphilis: Report of 6 cases and review of the literature
Treponema denticola infection is not a cause of false positive Treponema pallidum serology
Rapid Plasma Reagin Breanna Lum; Shane R. Sergent.
Fluorescence in situ hybridization for the identification of Treponema pallidum in tissue sections