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What infections besides borrelia could cause cns demyelination and cns/neuro symptoms ? just infections please...not ms
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Bartonella: Bartonella has been found to also cause CNS symptoms and it is a coinfection in the CNS with lyme in some cases. The tic that carried the borrelia infection could also have carried, bartonella, mycoplasma, ehrlichia and babesia. Bartonella does cause CNS symptoms.
Answered 9/28/2016
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