Diagnosis and therapy of chronic systemic co-infections in Lyme disease and other tick-borne infectious diseases

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, April, 2007 by Garth L. Nicolson

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11. Nicolson GL, Gan R, Haier J. Multiple co-infections (mycoplasma, chlamydia, human herpesvirus-6) in blood of chronic fatigue syndrome patients: Association with signs and symptoms. Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand. 2003; 111:557-566.

12. Nicolson GL, Berns P, Nasralla M, Haier J, Pomfret J. High frequency of systemic mycoplasmal infections in Gulf War veterans and civilians with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). J Clin Neurosci. 2002; 9:525-529.

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16. Nicolson GL. Considerations when undergoing treatment for chronic infections found in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia syndrome and Gulf War illnesses. (Part 1). Antibiotics Recommended when indicated for treatment of Gulf War illness/CFIDS/FMS (Part 2). Intern J Med. 1998; 1:115-117, 123-128. Available at: http://www.immed.org/.> 17. Nicolson GL, Nasralla M, Franco AR, et al. Diagnosis and integrative treatment of intracellular bacterial infections in chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndromes, Gulf War illness, rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic illnesses. Clin Pract Alt Med. 2000; 1:92-102.

18. Nicolson GL, Ngwenya R. Dietary considerations for patients with chronic illnesses and multiple chronic infections. A brief outline of eighteen dietary steps to better health. Townsend Lett. 2001; 219:62-65. Available at: http://www.immed.org/illness/treatment_considerations

19. Horowitz R. Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases. ILADS Annual Conference, October 29-30, 2005.

20. Nicolson GL, Ellithrope R. Lipid replacement and antioxidant nutritional therapy for restoring mitochondrial function and reducing fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome and other fatiguing illnesses. J Chronic Fatigue Syndr. 2006; 13(1):57-68.

by Prof. Garth L. Nicolson*

Professor Garth L. Nicolson is the President, Chief Scientific Officer and Research Professor at the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Huntington Beach, California. Born in 1943 in Los Angeles, Dr. Nicolson received his BS in Chemistry from University of California at Los Angeles in 1965 and his PhD in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California at San Diego in 1970. He is currently Professor of Integrative Medicine at Capitol University of Integrative Medicine and a Conjoint Professor at the University of Newcastle (Australia). He was formally the David Bruton Jr. Chair in Cancer Research and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Tumor Biology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and he was Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He was also Professor of Comparative Pathology at Texas A & M University. Professor Nicolson has published over 580 medical and scientific papers (including three Current Contents Citation Classics), edited 14 books and served on the Editorial Boards of 20 medical and scientific journals. Professor Nicolson has won many awards, such as the Burroughs Wellcome Medal of the Royal Society of Medicine (United Kingdom), Stephen Paget Award of the Metastasis Research Society, the US National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award, and the Innovative Medicine Award of Canada. He is also a Colonel (Honorary) of the US Army Special Forces and a US Navy SEAL (Honorary) for his work on Armed Forces and veterans' illnesses.