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Topic: Borrelia culture lab test

jecati
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Member # 26700

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http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_views/culturetest.html

and this is the lab doing it: www.advanced-lab.com

Does anyone have any more info on this or at least know a price?

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sk8ter
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Member # 8671

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$595 and it is about 98% accurate...it is a culture medium and actually has an environment to grow the spirochetes. It can take 2to 10 weeks to grow it and now there is a second half to the test that is a DNA part also.

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racer
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Member # 30438

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How do they define accurate? I would like to see results of testing and benchmarking they did to make sure the test is that accurate. And I sure hope it is!

The other measure is whether the test actually shows positive for each person who really is positive (I can't remember is this is sensitivity or specificity...).

Has anyone seen any data on this yet? Has anyone had this test done yet?

thx,
racer

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Me - Igenex: IgM: 41IND, IgG: 39IND, 41+ but Plasmid PCR Positive
Kiddo - after 1 year IV - positive Lyme culture (before IV: IgM:31,34,41,83-93 IND; IgG: 41+++, 66+)

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bigstan
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http://www.researchednutritionals.com/Announcements/LymeCultureTest.pdf

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