Laboratory Aspects of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Lyme and Coinfections
Laboratory Aspects of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Lyme and Coinfections Conference of the German Lyme Disease Society in Wuppertal/Germany 9th Apr. ...
Laboratory Aspects of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Lyme and Coinfections Conference of the German Lyme Disease Society in Wuppertal/Germany 9th Apr. 2011 Armin Schwarzbach M.D. Ph.D. Specialist for laboratory medicine Member of the German Borreliosis Society (Deutsche Borreliose-Gesellschaft e.v.) Chairman of the laboratory test and international committee of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) USA Infectolab Laboratory for Lyme disease and coinfections Tel. +49 (821) 455471-0 www.b-c-a.de Speech / presentation German Lyme Disease Society, Wuppertal/Germany, Apr. 9h, 2010 This document is intellectual property of Armin Schwarzbach MD PhD; reproduction only with permission. Please note the copyright.
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Borrelia burgdorferi – The chameleon of symptoms and laboratory
Speech / presentation German Lyme Disease Society, Wuppertal/Germany, Apr. 9h, 2010 This document is intellectual property of Armin Schwarzbach MD PhD; reproduction only with permission. Please note the copyright.
Speech / presentation German Lyme Disease Society, Wuppertal/Germany, Apr. 9h, 2010 This document is intellectual property of Armin Schwarzbach MD PhD; reproduction only with permission. Please note the copyright.
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Test sensitivity for Borrelia antibodies by ELISA screening: New data
Test producer
Aeskulap
Virion
Diasorin
Euroimmun
n=
patients
50
50
50
44
ELISA
negative +
4%
4%
14%
2%
Immunoblot
positive
ELISA
negative +
14%
12%
14%
16%
Immunoblot
borderline
18%
16%
28%
18%
42%
44%
32%
42%
Total
Sensitivity
(-40%)
Speech / presentation German Lyme Disease Society, Wuppertal/Germany, Apr. 9h, 2010 This document is intellectual property of Armin Schwarzbach MD PhD; reproduction only with permission. Please note the copyright.
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Laboratory example from practice: Negative EIA / Positive immunoblot B-C-A GmbH & Co. KG · Morellstraße 33 · 86159 Augsburg
Laboratory results Patient: Date of birth: 08/09/1947 Date of testing: 07/08/2009
