Improvement of common variable immunodeficiency using embryonic stem cell therapy in a patient with lyme disease: a clinical case report

Clin Case Rep. 2018 May 2;6(6):1166-1171. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1556. eCollection 2018 Jun.

Abstract

Bone marrow transplantation and stem cell therapies have been used for the treatment of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and other life-threatening medical disorders. This is the first known case report in the medical literature describing improvement of both Lyme disease and CVID with human embryonic stem cell therapy.

Keywords: Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; common variable immunodeficiency; human embryonic stem cell therapy; post‐treatment Lyme disease syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports