A Case Study: Infused Stem Cells And Lyme Nephritis
July 27, 2012
Lyme nephritis is a well-described sequella of infection by the rickettsial organism Borelia burgdorferi through the deer tick vector (genus Ixodes). Pathogenesis of this syndrome is not clearly understood. Actual organisms have not been identified histologically in affected renal tissue, so the deposition of immune complexes appears to be the cause of the resulting glomerular… Continue reading...