I read somewhere that if you were on antibiotics before co-infection testing it actually provided a more accurate result.
I know you need to be off antibiotics before testing.
Can't find where I read this would appreciate if anyone has any information on this.
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I never heard you have to be off abx when testing for co-infections...Anyone know?
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i don't know either but since you're new, i'll attach my welcome letter; read dr. burrascano's lyme guidelines; i bet it IS ADDRESSED in there ok.
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I will have to check but I think my Igenex test stated no antibiotics but maybe I am confusing it with mycoplasma.
I am not going to get treatment for a few weeks but have some antibiotics and am in much pain thought I might go back on them.
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Hmm. I hadn't heard that.
But after my LLMD appt. I started abx before I got the testing done (damn insurance!!!).
I stopped the abx a few days before I finally went in for the blood work.
I guess we'll see on the 24th if there's any effect on the testing.
They tested for bart, babs, ehrlichia and Lyme.
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OK, I found it. It is on page 4 of Dr.B's Advanced topics in lyme desease. Here it is I broke it down a little for easy reading:
"An unfortunate corollary is that serologic tests can become less sensitive as the infections progress, obviously because of the decreased immune response upon which these tests are based.
In addition, immune complexes form, trapping Bb antibodies. These complexed antibodies are not detected by serologic testing.
Not surprisingly the seronegative patient will convert to seropositive 36% of the time after antibiotic treatment has begun and a recovery is underway.
Similarly, the antibody titer may rise, and the number of bands on the western blot may increase as treatment progresses and the patient recovers.
Only years after a successfully treated infection will the serologic response begin to diminish."
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