posted
Have been tested several times for bartonella over last few years, always negative.
Just had LabCorp bartonella antibody test again 2 weeks ago - negative. But new Igenex bartonella FISH test came back positive.
Has anybody else been getting this test - any thoughts? Seeing lyme doc tomorrow.
Posts: 133 | From Far Hills, NJ 07931 | Registered: May 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
If you go on Igenex website and click on "What Tests to Order" it is right at the top. The website wouldn't let me copy the info.
Posts: 133 | From Far Hills, NJ 07931 | Registered: May 2003
| IP: Logged |
Bartonella FISH testdetects bacteria of thegenus Bartonella (includesB. bovis, B. henseloe, B. quintona, and B. vinsonii)in whole blood smears. The test is performed on EDTA whole blood. This test is useful for detecting active Bartonella infections.
Test Code: 289
Sample Requirement: Whole blood (EDTA)
Posts: 819 | From East Coast | Registered: Apr 2009
| IP: Logged |
I wish I would have known about the newest FISH version, which detects B. quintana (the strain I most likely have). I didn't do IGeneX because they only tested for B. hensalae... This new one looks promising! Thank you, aileen and kitty, I think I shall try to get that test, now!
little olive
-------------------- Myalgic encephalomyelitis, 2002 | Viral onset, following Hep B vaccine Lyme since '06 | Bartonella since '08 (cured) | Mycoplasma pneumoniae since '08 IGeneX: IgM 31IND 34IND 41+ | IgG 39IND 58+ 41+++ IgG deficiencies and MTHFR 677TT mutations Posts: 512 | From USA | Registered: Sep 2010
| IP: Logged |
posted
Just found out about this Igenex bartonella FISH test.
Anyone get results?
-------------------- You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
---Eleanor Roosevelt Posts: 748 | From somewhere | Registered: May 2010
| IP: Logged |
posted
Saw my LLMD yesterday - he had not heard of the new test. Igenex should announce a new test to the docs that use them! I also see an integrative med doc and she was the one that mentioned the new test when I saw her 3 weeks ago. I asked her to order it so that I would have a result to discuss with my LLMD yesterday.
He was excited to hear about it but wanted a day to research how the test was developed before deciding how to treat me so he will be calling me tomorrow.
Posts: 133 | From Far Hills, NJ 07931 | Registered: May 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
He said that the test is valid and I am adding zithromax to the suprax I am already taking.
Posts: 133 | From Far Hills, NJ 07931 | Registered: May 2003
| IP: Logged |
Pinelady
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 18524
posted
Yes Doc.C said she used in for her own son. per ILADS conf.
-------------------- Suspected Lyme 07 Test neg One band migrating in IgG region unable to identify.Igenex Jan.09IFA titer 1:40 IND IgM neg pos 31 +++ 34 IND 39 IND 41 IND 83-93 + DX:Neuroborreliosis Posts: 5850 | From Kentucky | Registered: Dec 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
This is a new test apparently at IGeneX. I am wondering how it compares in cost with the bart testing offered by Galaxy, which is quite expensive. Also, how the range of species tested for compares.
Posts: 8430 | From Not available | Registered: Oct 2000
| IP: Logged |
posted
I don't see any new test on their site for this. Do you have to call them and ask for it?
Posts: 871 | From orange county, ca. | Registered: Jan 2006
| IP: Logged |
bcb1200
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 25745
The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:
The
Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 907 Pebble Creek Court,
Pennington,
NJ08534USA http://www.lymenet.org/
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Printer-friendly view of this topic