PET imaging technique detects brain inflammation after Lyme disease

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A radiotracer (that binds to a marker of inflammation) shows elevation of the chemical marker in the brain scans of 12 participants with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, compared to 19 healthy control participants. Courtesy of Coughlin et al., Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2018

Using an advanced PET imaging technique with a carbon-11-based radiotracer, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore found as association with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) and widespread brain inflammation.