Pitfalls in diagnosis of Lyme disease. What you need to know about serologic testing.

Abstract:

:Lyme disease can be difficult to recognize because not all patients have erythema migrans or other classic symptoms. Therefore, laboratory testing has become an important aid to clinical diagnosis. But the story doesn't end there-serologic testing presents another set of problems and concerns. Drs. Still and Ryan explain how aspects of the disease itself and various factors inherent in the available tests can affect laboratory results.

journal_name

Postgrad Med

journal_title

Postgraduate medicine

authors

Still MM,Ryan ME

doi

10.3810/pgm.1997.07.260

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-07-01 00:00:00

pages

65-7, 71-2

issue

1

eissn

0032-5481

issn

1941-9260

journal_volume

102

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