Table 1.
CSF Cell Pellet Culture Results for Viable Bb from CSF Collected from Rhesus Macaques Inoculated Intrathecally with Live Bb and Left Untreated or Treated in Parallel with Either Dex or Mel
| Rhesus macaques and treatments | Week 0 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 6 | Week 8 | Week 10 | Week 12 | Week 14 | At necropsy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GN22 (Bb alone) | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | NA | NA | NA | − |
| GB09 (Bb+Dex) | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | NA | NA | NA | − |
| GP33 (Bb+Mel) | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | NA | NA | NA | − |
| GN21 (Bb alone) | − | − | + | − | − | + | + | NA | NA | NA | + |
| IG55 (Bb+Dex) | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | NA | NA | NA | − |
| HH83 (Bb+Mel) | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | NA | NA | NA | + |
| IK20 (control) | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | NA | NA | NA | − |
| GC59 (Bb alone) | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| GJ23 (Bb+Dex) | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| GK54 (Bb+Mel) | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| HT72 (Bb alone) | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| GM23 (Bb+Dex) | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| GN49 (Bb+Mel) | − | + | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | − |
| HT73 (control) | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Bb, Borrelia burgdorferi; CSF, cerebral spinal fluid; Dex, dexamethasone; Mel, meloxicam; NA, not applicable.