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Posted by Cold Feet (Member # 9882) on :

Hi All.

I am posting for a friend of mine, a nurse, who has been very ill with Lyme and co-infections for many years. She has been through the battles like most of you...finding a diagnosis, getting treatment....you know the drill.

Finally, she used Fry Labs for some bloodwork and she tested positive for bartonella (don't know what strain). They sent her the photographs too - nothing beats reliable visual microscopy! I hope this technology helps many other patients. There was another post I commented on a few weeks ago that had some very detailed slides from a patient's daughter...lost it now. In the meantime, see http://www.frylabs.com/photos.html

I sifted through the topics to see what other patients with Bartonella have used for antibiotics; there seems to be a few. Any comments on which type or combo seems to be the most effective?

Thanks.

Posted by skigal (Member # 7443) on :

The combo of Rifampin/Doxy/Zithromax (or Biaxin) seems to be used by some LLMDs & there is also Levaquin.

Posted by CaliforniaLyme (Member # 7136) on :

Levaquin or Cipro!!!

Posted by Cold Feet (Member # 9882) on :

Thanks you two. Good gosh, I am sifting through the posts since I posted (it's so sad there are so many sick people) and zillions of patients seem to have Bartonella. But the treatment & outcomes are so variable -- how sad and absurd in this day and age. [Frown]

I'd like to find the top experts in Bart (patients or docs) that can help my friend. Pls post or PM me if you have any information! If I learn anything that helps her, I will come back to post.

Posted by disturbedme (Member # 12346) on :

I love Fry Labs and also got a positive for Bartonella from them.

I'm treating Lyme and Bartonella with Rifampin/Doxy/Biaxin.

Posted by Soleilpie (Member # 8481) on :

Surely, this lab has to test these coccobacilli bacteria to determine if they're in fact Bartonella spp. I mean there are other bacteria that are coccobacilli. Is the Bartonella bacteria highly unique compared to other coccobacilli where only a visual is good enough?