Scientific American Something to grapple with: How wily lyme disease prowls the body Very few other bacteria can bring on such a variety of symptoms or infect such hard-to-reach tissues, says Kim Lewis, a professor of microbiology and director of the Antimicrobial Discovery Center at Northeastern University. “Bacteria that cause syphilis, meningitis and leptospirosis are some examples, but they have one or two target organs,” says Lewis, who […]