elisa test lyme titer

I got the paper work for the blood test all it says is titer Lyme test. I am just gonna pray that this test shows something, and that it is the more accurate one. Keeping ya in my prayers as well.

The first screening test that is usually ordered is the ELISA. Not very accurate. I think less than 40% accurate if I remember correctly. I would consider seeing a doctor who specializes in lyme for an evaluation. The antibiotics certainly helped me but it took awhile.

s reaction to the Lyme bacteria, the PCR test looks for DNA of the Lyme bacteria in your blood -- that is, a direct test, rather than an indirect test like W.blot/ELISA. Docs who are not particularly up to date on Lyme do not 'believe' in the PCR test but do believe that W.blot/ELISA is fully accurate. If you need help finding a Lyme specialist who understands all this, let us know.

Hi Terri, A few years back I got screened for Herpes and I had a test come back positive with an IgM titer of 0.93 (the doctor explained that above 0.9 is considered positive and I should do another test since the value is low). I got retested about a month later, and had the following results in this second round: IgM 1.13: positive IgG 2.21 (Type II): positive A test for Lyme disease done as part of the same physical also came back as positive (titer 0.96 with <0.9 being negative).

That was used in the lab next to mine, to test for rabies. I used a dark field microscope for the micro-titer agglutination test that I did for Leptospirosis. That was an antibody test and was sensitive enough to tell the difference between a titer from vaccination and active infection, in horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and dogs. I got on the IGENEX site and that is the kind of lab I would LOVE to work at!

They just did the ELISA. I should have some Lyme's titer since I was one of the original kids in CT that had Lyme Arthritis back in 1977. I was in one of the early study groups at Yale. The Lyme titter was done prior to steroids. The MRI was done during the second day of steroids. The steroids may have helped with the ON a bit and it seemed to help some with the burning in the hands and feet for a few weeks.

that elisa test is crap still used in the philippines and titer is a fraud, there is no titer in that number which is not hbsag at all but the quantity of reagent used.

But having a positive IgM for Lyme is a positive test for Lyme if it is above the normal reference range or your acute and convalescent samples are 4 fold higher than each other (see below). You can also talk to the Lyme forum for other questions. But I wanted to mention that having a high titer of CMV or EBV doesn't mean you have active disease with either one. Usually, most people have been exposed to these as children and come up positive by IgG as adults.

My interpretation is #1 is the standard screening test (ELISA). If the test is positive then the western blot is done automatically. This is the standard testing for lyme that most non-lyme specialists order. I just wonder how much it costs if the test is negative and no further testing is done. It should be a lot less. The ELISA is not very reliable and misses a large percentage of lyme cases. #2 is the western blot in itself. I think this is what it means but I'm not sure.

I had a lyme titer. No results back yet. But I have had people say that isn't a good test. I am sorry for all the questions. I haVe no solid answers and I am trying to figure out wHat is going on.

There is a newer, different test for Lyme, called a polymerase chain reaction [PCR] test that Lyme specialists often use in addition to the Western blot and ELISA tests. The Wblot/ELISA tests rely on your immune system reaction to determine whether you have a positive (+) test or a negative (-) test for Lyme.

the standard elisa test for lyme is worthless you nee to get tested thru Igenex Lab google it and call them for a test kit its 200 bucks for western blot igm igg that's what u need to do the other tests are a waste of time and not accurate for lyme

Greetings -- I'm with Katya, that a bit more investigation may well be worthwhile. IGeneX has a number tests, and your MD may want to test you (perhaps in addition to Western blot) run a test called PCR, short of polymerase chain reaction. PCR tests look in your blood for the DNA (unique cellular material) of the Lyme bacteria, and it quite reliable ...

Is a positive or high dsDNA IgG blood test indicate lyme disease...if not, does anyone know what it does indicate?

The quotations below are from the Mayo Clinic website, discussing Lyme testing: 1 -- ELISA can sometimes give a false positive result: "Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test: The test used most often to detect Lyme disease, ELISA detects antibodies to B. burgdorferi. But because it can sometimes provide false-positive results, it's not used as the sole basis for diagnosis.

After treatment I went in October and did another test and never go the results but the doctor said over the phone that it lowered and I was clear of the infection. I recently (feb 2010) went again to the doctor and got tested again the new tier was 1:2. with a positive RPR. IgG was positive and IgM was negative. I have to take a blood exam in June and would like to test Negative on the RPR. If I get another penicillin shot can this help? Is there anything that could?

I am wondering is anyone that has a current diagnosis of Lyme Disease had a negative ELISA test when first tested. I had a rash with a bullseye a few years ago and have been going downhill ever since. All my symptoms match Lyme Disease but my test was negative. After some testing my doc thinks I have myasthenia gravis, but I have more symptoms that do not go with that disease. I did not go to the doc when I noticed the bite because it didn't hurt. I just thought it was a spider bite.

The IDSA guidelines use a 2-tier blood testing scheme for detecting Lyme. In the 1st step, the ELISA test is used. This is like a screening test. If (and only if) the ELISA is positive, the 2nd step is to do a Western blot test, which looks for certain antibodies in the blood that are (mostly) specific to Lyme disease. There are criteria for how many "bands" (each band is like a different antibody) must appear on the Western blot to fit the CDC definition of positive.

you can have Lyme, but the test can show negative, since the ELISA/Wblot test can be fooled into not detecting the immune reaction. By contrast, the newer and differently structured IGeneX test doesn't play hide-and-seek like ELISA/Wblot does: instead, IGeneX looks for Lyme genetic material (DNA) in your blood, which is a direct test and no fooling around playing hide-and-seek.

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