Publications

Selected Publications

  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Lyme disease: The promise of Big Data, companion diagnostics and precision medicine. Infect Drug Resist 2016;9:215-219.
  • Middelveen MJ, Stricker RB. Morgellons disease: A filamentous Borrelial dermatitis. Int J Gen Med 2016;9:349-354.
  • Middelveen MJ, Rotaru GM, Filush KR, Sapi E, Burke J, Franco A, Malquori L, McElroy MC, Stricker RB. Canine filamentous dermatitis associated with Borrelia infection. J Vet Sci Med Diagn 2016; 5:6.
  • Stricker RB, Middelveen MJ. Sexual transmission of Lyme disease: Challenging the tickborne disease paradigm. Expert Rev Anti-infect Ther 2015;13:1303-1306.
  • Middelveen MJ, Burke J, Sapi E et al. Culture and identification of Borrelia spirochetes in human vaginal and seminal secretions. F1000Research 2015; 3:309. doi:10.12688/f1000research.5778.2
  • Middelveen MJ, Bandoski C, Burke J, Sapi E, Filush KR, Wang Y, Franco A, Mayne P,  Stricker RB: Exploring the association between Morgellons disease and Lyme disease: identification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Morgellons disease patients. BMC Dermatology 2015, 15:1  doi:10.1186/s12895-015-0023-0
  • Stricker R. B., Johnson L. (2014). Lyme disease: call for a “Manhattan Project” to combat the epidemic. PLoS Pathog. 10:e1003796 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003796
  • Middelveen MJ, McClain SA, Bandoski C, Israel JR, Burke J, MacDonald AB, Timmaraju A, Sapi E, Wang Y, Franco A, Mayne PJ, Stricker RB: Granulomatous hepatitis associated with chronic Borrelia burgdorferi infection: a case report. Research Open Access 2014;1:875.
  • Mayne P, English JS, Kilbane EJ et al. Morgellons: a novel dermatological perspective as the multisystem infective disease borreliosis [v1; ref status: approved 1, approved with reservations 1, not approved 2,http://f1000r.es/116] F1000Research 2013, 2:118 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-118.v1)
  • Middelveen MJ, Rasmussen EH, Kahn DG, Stricker RB (2012) Morgellons Disease: A Chemical and Light Microscopic Study. J Clin Exp Dermatol Res 3:140. doi:10.4172/2155-9554.1000140
  • Johnson L, Stricker RB. The Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme guidelines: a cautionary tale about the development of clinical practice guidelines. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2010;5:9.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Long-term outcomes in patients with early Lyme disease: more false hope? Clin Infect Dis. 2010;50:1683-4
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L: Anti-neural antibody reactivity in patients with post-treatment Lyme disease. Brain Behav Immun 2010;24:1025.
  • Stricker RB, Winger EE. Natural killer cells in chronic Lyme disease. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009;16:1704.
  • Stricker RB, Savely VR, Motanya NC, Giclas PC. Complement split products C3a and C4a in chronic Lyme disease. Scand J Immunol. 2009;69:64-9.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L: IDSA Lyme Guidelines: Response to Dr. Gershon’s Letter. South Med J 2009;102:1089-90.
  • Stricker RB, Green CL, Savely VR, Chamallas SN, Johnson L. Safety of intravenous antibiotic therapy in patients referred for treatment of neurologic Lyme disease. Minerva Med. 2010;101:1-7.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Gender bias in chronic lyme disease. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009;18:1717-8.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. The Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme guidelines: Poster child for guidelines reform. South Med J. 2009;102:565-6.
  • Johnson L, Stricker RB. Attorney General forces Infectious Diseases Society of America to redo Lyme guidelines due to flawed development process. J Med Ethics. 2009;35:283-8.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Chronic Lyme disease and the ’Axis of Evil’. Future Microbiol. 2008;3:621-4.
  • Stricker RB, Maloney EL. Acute infection with human monocytic ehrlichiosis: the tip of the iceberg? South Med J. 2008;101:214-5.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Re: Prolonged Lyme disease treatment: enough is enough. Neurology. 2008;71:1380.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Serologic tests for Lyme disease: more smoke and mirrors. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;47:1111-2.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Re: Practice parameter: treatment of nervous system Lyme disease (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2008;70:1719.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Persistent Borrelia burgdorferi infection after treatment with antibiotics and anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha. J Infect Dis. 2008;197:1352-3.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Searching for autoimmunity in “antibiotic-refractory” Lyme arthritis. Mol Immunol. 2008;45:3023-4.
  • Stricker RB, Corson AF, Johnson L. Reinfection versus relapse in patients with lyme disease: not enough evidence. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:950.
  • Stricker RB. Counterpoint: long-term antibiotic therapy improves persistent symptoms associated with lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;45:149-57.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Lyme wars: let’s tackle the testing. BMJ. 2007;335:1008.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L. Lyme disease: a turning point. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2007;5:759-62.
  • Stricker RB, Brewer JH, Burrascano JJ, Horowitz R, Johnson L, Phillips SE, Savely VR, Sherr VT. Possible role of tick-borne infection in “cat-scratch disease”: comment on the article by Giladi et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;54:2347-8.
  • Phillips SE, Burrascano JJ, Horowitz R, Savely VR, Stricker RB. Lyme disease testing. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006;6:122.
  • Stricker RB, Lautin A, Burrascano JJ. Lyme disease: the quest for magic bullets. Chemotherapy. 2006;52:53-9.
  • Savely VR, Leitao MM, Stricker RB. The mystery of Morgellons disease: infection or delusion? Am J Clin Dermatol. 2006;7:1-5. Review.
  • Stricker RB, Burrascano JJ, Harris NS, Horowitz R, Johnson L, Smith PV, Phillips SE. Coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti: bad or worse? J Infect Dis. 2006;193:901-2..
  • Phillips SE, Burrascano JJ, Harris NS, Horowitz R, Johnson L, Smith PV, Stricker RB. Rash decisions about southern tick-associated rash illness and Lyme disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;42:306-7.
  • Stricker RB, Lautin A, Burrascano JJ. Lyme disease: point/counterpoint. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2005;3:155-65. Review.
  • Phillips SE, Burrascano JJ, Harris NS, Johnson L, Smith PV, Stricker RB. Chronic infection in ’post-Lyme borreliosis syndrome’. Int J Epidemiol. 2005;34:1439-40.
  • Phillips SE, Harris NS, Horowitz R, Johnson L, Stricker RB. Lyme disease: scratching the surface. Lancet. 2005;366:1771.
  • Stricker RB, Johnson L, Harris N, Burrascano JJ. Inaccurate information about Lyme disease on the internet. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005;24:577-8.
  • Johnson L, Stricker RB. Treatment of Lyme disease: a medicolegal assessment. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2004;2:533-57.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *