Scleroderma

Early research authored by dermatologist, Alan Cantwell M.D., whose histologic examination of scleroderma skin biopsies revealed acid-fast bacterial forms, and… Read more »

Since the isolation of pleuropneumoniae-like organisms (PPO) resembling mycoplasma from an ovarian cyst in a patient with scleroderma (Brown 1955), few studies have… Read more »

Case studies and reviews of Lyme disease describing how this vector-borne infection manifests in some patients as scleroderma in its… Read more »

Large scale clinical and individual case studies discuss a potential relationship between the stomach infection, Helicobacter pylori, a major cause of… Read more »

Large scale clinical and individual case studies implicating the protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, in the pathogenesis and expression of scleroderma. Toxoplasmosis… Read more »

Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection Mimicking Progression of Scleroderma. Case Reports in Rheumatology Volume 2017, Article ID 4029271, 3 pages. Danish case report… Read more »

Seminal, year-long pilot trial at Harvard in 1998, with results that have ongoing relevance to treatment options today. Minocycline in… Read more »

Tetracycline and its later derivatives have disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) effects in addition to their bacteriostatic antimicrobial actions, including effects on… Read more »

Ciprofloxacin, in the fluoroquinlolone class of antibiotics, has been studied for its safety and effectiveness as an anti-fibrotic medication for lung and skin fibrosis… Read more »

Flagyl is in the nitroimidazole class of antibiotics and has been used successfully to treat cases of intestinal pseudo-obstruction, a potential complication in… Read more »

The following case study is reflective of a number of localized scleroderma anecdotal reports received by Road Back Foundation from… Read more »

Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection Mimicking Progression of Scleroderma. Case Reports in Rheumatology Volume 2017, Article ID 4029271, 3 pages. Danish case… Read more »

Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection Mimicking Progression of Scleroderma. Case Reports in Rheumatology Volume 2017, Article ID 4029271, 3 pages. Danish case… Read more »