Evaluation, Treatment, and Follow-up of Patients With Lyme Disease

Exclusion Criteria

• •Post treatment Lyme disease syndrome.
• •Unacceptably poor compliance, which, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with one's ability to study or provide quality medical care for the patient.
• •ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO UNDERGO APHERESIS:
• •Age 18 years or above.
• •Weight greater than 110 pounds.
• •No known heart, lung, kidney disease, or bleeding disorders.
• •Negative HIV, HCV and HBsAg serologies.
• •Female subjects should not be pregnant or nursing.
• •Patients will have a CBC performed up to 2 weeks before the procedure. In order to be able to undergo the procedure, patient must fulfill all of the below:
• •* Hemoglobin greater than 11 g/dL for males and greater than 10 g/dL for females.
• •* Platelets greater than 150 k/mm(3).
• •* WBC greater than 3.5 x 10(3) uL.
• •* MCV above 80.
• •Women who are able to conceive children must have a negative pregnancy test within 2 weeks before the procedure.