Case report: Substantial improvement of autism spectrum disorder in a child with learning disabilities in conjunction with treatment for poly-microbial vector borne infections

Amy Offutt; Edward B Breitschwerdt

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1205545

Case report: Substantial improvement of autism spectrum disorder in a child with learning disabilities in conjunction with treatment for poly-microbial vector borne infections

Front Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 18:14:1205545. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1205545. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Amy Offutt¹, Edward B Breitschwerdt²

Affiliations

¹ Heart and Soul Integrative Health, Marble Falls, TX, United States.
² Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, and the Comparative Medicine Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States.

Abstract

Poly-microbial vector-borne infections may have contributed to neuropsychiatric symptoms in a boy diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Targeted antimicrobial treatment resulted in substantial improvement in cognitive (such as learning disabilities, focus, concentration) and neurobehavioral (such as oppositional, defiant, anti-social, disordered mood, immaturity, tics) symptoms.

Keywords: ADHD; Bartonella; Lyme; OCD; PANS; autism; infections; tics.

Publication types

Case Reports