title: Natural killer cell counts are not different between patients with post-Lyme disease syndrome and controls.
abstract: It has been reported that patients with "chronic Lyme disease" have a decreased number of natural killer cells, as defined by the CD57 marker. We performed immunophenotyping in 9 individuals with post-Lyme disease syndrome, 12 who recovered from Lyme disease, and 9 healthy volunteers. The number of natural killer cells was not significantly different between the groups.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. amarques@niaid.nih.gov
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Margaret R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Fleisher
mesh_terms: D018959:CD57 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D018959:CD57 Antigens