Selective Essential Oils from Spice or Culinary Herbs Have High Activity against Stationary Phase and Biofilm Borrelia burgdorferi

@article{Feng2017SelectiveEO,
  title={Selective Essential Oils from Spice or Culinary Herbs Have High Activity against Stationary Phase and Biofilm Borrelia burgdorferi},
  author={Jie Feng and Shuo Zhang and Wanliang Shi and Nevena Zubcevik and J. Miklossy and Ying Zhang},
  journal={Frontiers in Medicine},
  year={2017},
  volume={4}
}
Although the majority of patients with acute Lyme disease can be cured with the standard 2–4 week antibiotic treatment, about 10–20% of patients continue suffering from chronic symptoms described as posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome. While the cause for this is debated, one possibility is that persister bacteria are not killed by the current Lyme antibiotics and remain active in the system. It has been reported that essential oils have antimicrobial activities and some have been used by… 

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