Welkom bij het Lymeforum

Unfortunately, the more co-infections that are present, the more severe the illness and the longer the recovery period. Treatments for infections are also often different than those used for Borrelia. For example, doxycycline, an effective treatment for Borrelia, is also effective for Ehrlichia but not Babesia, a malarial-like parasitic organism. Similarly, Bartonella and Mycoplasma must be treated with different antibiotics. Bartonella may be the most common of all tick-borne pathogens. In addition to ticks, Bartonella can be transmitted by fleas, lice, sand flies, cat scratches and possibly other insects. The strain of Bartonella that is transmitted by ticks seems to be different than the strain that results in cat scratch disease. One indication of this is the fact that usual Bartonella medications do not work for the tick-borne strain.

Tick Borne Encephalitis virus (TBE virus)
The virus is transmitted by the tick bite right at the beginning of the bloodsucking process (not until later with borrelia!);

Powassan virus, which can be transmitted within minutes after attachment by an infected tick,

experimental studies have shown that Powassan virus can be transmitted within 15 min of tick attachment

Meest voorkomende oorzaken van myocarditis.*
Oorzaken
Subgroepen
Voorbeelden
Infectieus
Viraal
Adenovirussen, echovirussen, enterovirussen (bijvoorbeeld coxsackievirus), herpesvirussen (humaan cytomegalovirus, epstein-barrvirus, humaan herpesvirus-6), hepatitis C-virus, hiv, influenza A, parvovirus B19, Bacterieel Chlamydia Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Legionella
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycoplasma, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus A, Streptococcus pneumoniae, schimmels, Actinomyces,
Aspergillus, Candida, Cryptococcus, Wormen, Echinococcus granulosus,, schistosomen, Trichinella spiralis, Protozoa, Toxoplasma gondii,
Trypanosoma cruzi, Rickettsia, Coxiella burneti, Rickettsia typhi, Spirocheten Borrelia burgdorferi, , leptospirose, Treponema pallidum.

Niet-infectieus
Auto-immuunziekten
Coeliakie, ziekte van Crohn, collitis ulcerosa, vasculitis (churg-strauss- en wegenergranulo
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matose, ziekte van Kawasaki), dermatomyositis, reuscelmyocarditis, hypereosinofiel syndroom,
lupus erythematodes, eosinofiele myocarditis, rhumatoïde artritis, sarcoïdose, scleroderma
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Toxisch
Antracyclines, 5-fluorouracil, trastuzumab, cocaïne, amfetamine, ethanol, catecholamines
Hypersensitiviteit
Penicilline, cefalosporine, tetracyclines, sulfonamiden, benzodiazepines, tricyclische antide
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pressiva, diuretica
Overig
Arseen, koper, ijzer, radiotherapie
* Virale infectie is de meest voorkomende etiologie, maar ook andere oorzaken van myocarditis zijn opgenomen.