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Chronic Lyme Disease – Another Negative Study
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<blockquote data-quote="Re-Ride" data-source="post: 42040" data-attributes="member: 8395"><table class='post-table class: components' style='width: 100%'><tr><td ><p>[TD="class: nameCol srchbl"]LYME DISEASE IGG/IGM<br /> [/TD]<br /> [TD="class: valueCol"] <br /> [/TD]<br /> [TD="class: rangeCol"] [/TD]<br /> [TD="class: flagCol"][/TD]<br /> </p></td></tr><tr><td ><p> [TD="class: srchbl, colspan: 4"]Note<br /> REFERENCE RANGE: <=0.90<br /> INTERPRETIVE CRITERIA:<br /> <= 0.90 NEGATIVE<br /> 0.91-1.09 EQUIVOCAL<br /> >= 1.10 POSITIVE<br /> The use of purified VlsE-1 and PepC10 antigens in<br /> this assay provides improved specificity compared<br /> to assays that utilize whole cell lysates of B.<br /> burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease,<br /> and slightly better sensitivity compared to the<br /> C6 antibody assay.<br /> As recommended by the Food and Drug<br /> Administration (FDA), all samples with positive<br /> or equivocal results in a Borrelia burgdorferi<br /> antibody EIA (screening) will be tested using a<br /> blot method. Positive or equivocal screening test<br /> results should not be interpreted as truly<br /> positive until verified as such using a<br /> supplemental assay (e.g., B. burgdorferi blot).<br /> The screening test and/or blot for B. burgdorferi<br /> antibodies may be falsely negative in early<br /> stages of Lyme disease, including the period when<br /> erythema migrans is apparent.<br /> ----<br /> I resulted at < or = 0.90 . Therefore no Western Blot was done. I'm not clear if WB or tests for the other tick borne illnesses need to be done.<br /> <br /> <br /> [/TD]</p></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Re-Ride, post: 42040, member: 8395"] [TABLE="class: components"] [TR="class: odd"] [TD="class: nameCol srchbl"]LYME DISEASE IGG/IGM [/TD] [TD="class: valueCol"] [/TD] [TD="class: rangeCol"] [/TD] [TD="class: flagCol"][/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tableRowMessage comments odd"] [TD="class: srchbl, colspan: 4"]Note REFERENCE RANGE: <=0.90 INTERPRETIVE CRITERIA: <= 0.90 NEGATIVE 0.91-1.09 EQUIVOCAL >= 1.10 POSITIVE The use of purified VlsE-1 and PepC10 antigens in this assay provides improved specificity compared to assays that utilize whole cell lysates of B. burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, and slightly better sensitivity compared to the C6 antibody assay. As recommended by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), all samples with positive or equivocal results in a Borrelia burgdorferi antibody EIA (screening) will be tested using a blot method. Positive or equivocal screening test results should not be interpreted as truly positive until verified as such using a supplemental assay (e.g., B. burgdorferi blot). The screening test and/or blot for B. burgdorferi antibodies may be falsely negative in early stages of Lyme disease, including the period when erythema migrans is apparent. ---- I resulted at < or = 0.90 . Therefore no Western Blot was done. I'm not clear if WB or tests for the other tick borne illnesses need to be done. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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