Can babesiosis interfere with standard lyme treatment?

Must be considered: Many patients with lyme disease have co-infections with babesiosis &/or bartonella. These can cause symptoms as or even more serious than lyme. Many lyme specialists feel it is impossible to effectively treat lyme unless you treat these co-infections & that the best strategy is to focus on treating the co-infections first. Babesiosis is easier to clear than lyme but is still a challenge to treat.

Babesiosis/Lyme Dz: If there is a co-infection of Lyme disease with Babesiosis – you must treat the Babesiosis to be able to treat the Lyme disease. Babesia can be identified with PCR and antibodies.