Current status of identified Lyme disease Bartonella and Borrelia infection in the practice

Lyme Disease Australia and associated infections

As at 1st Dec 2011

	Count
Lyme disease	245
Erythema migrans pos tissue PCR	8
Mycoplasma	several not counted
Mycoplasma fermentans	several not counted
Chlamydia Pn	several not counted
Babesia	13 out of 41 tested*
Bartonella	9 out of 41 tested*

The people with the above co-infections all have Lyme disease

* refer Emerging Incidence lyme disease babesiosis and bartonellosis in Australia publication by Dr Mayne
Never been outside Australia - four

Symptoms occurring in Australia without travel in the past 2 years - very many

Morgellons - 15

Erythema migrans proven with tissue PCR - 8

PCR tissue positive with confirmed sequencing 4 cases. Sequencing has been done at 
Australian Genomic Research Facility - a NATA accredited laboratory

PCR tissue positive but insufficient DNA for sequencing 4 cases

Three Geographic clusters identified to date:

1   eight people
    300 metre radius of Lord and Rodger St Laurieton E 152.79547 S 31.65913 NSW
    4 cases by tissue PCR
    4 Lyme disease, 3 of whom have babesiosis

2   seven people
    Armstrong Beach (Mackay) Queensland
    6 with a clinical diagnosis of Lyme disease
    4 cases confirmed by blood PCR and sequencing 
    2 PCR results indeterminate
    plus
    1 confirmed by Igenex testing independent of the above people

3   Umina NSW

Last update 30th April 2012