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Topic: Current tests to measure bacterial load?

ibrakeforticks
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 6785

posted

Hello,

What medical tests are out there now, if any, to quantify bacterial load, so one can measure progress during treatment?

Thanks!

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Razzle
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 30398

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As far as I know, there aren't any that are accurate enough to bother with. Some thought the CD-57 was good, until people started showing up with obvious Lyme and high CD-57 counts (my observation: the high CD-57 seems to occur in those with Babesia as a Lyme co-infection...)...

Keeping a daily log of symptoms may be the best indicator you have so you know what progress you've made. Don't have to write down everything, just note the top 3-5 and how severe they are, and note any changes in meds, etc. so you can track the effects of changes in your treatment more easily.

I don't do this, of course...but I need to...

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-Razzle
Lyme IgM IGeneX Pos. 18+++, 23-25+, 30++, 31+, 34++, 39 IND, 83-93 IND; IgG IGeneX Neg. 30+, 39 IND; Mayo/CDC Pos. IgM 23+, 39+; IgG Mayo/CDC Neg. band 41+; Bart. (clinical dx; Fry Labs neg. for all coinfections), sx >30 yrs.

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ibrakeforticks
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 6785

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OK, thanks! So (for measuring positive/negative, if not bacterial loads) the labs people are using these days are Igenex, Fry, and Specialty...?

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BackinStOlaf
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 23725

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My doc thinks I have Babesia and my CD-57 was 21.

:/

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First Symptom 9/09
Multiple docs, negative Labcorp test
LLMD: 1/10
Positive Igenex/CDC test
Treatment 2/10
2/10-8/10 Amox, ceftin, zith, flagyl
Currently: Bicillin, Minocycline, still dealing with severe breathing issues

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