Posted 8/24/2011 1:30 AM (GMT 0)
What does this mean exactly?
Borrelia burgdorferi Ab 1.34
{LYME AB SCREEN {QLS45054800-RCQLS)
Index Interpretation
< or = 0.90 Negative
0.91-1.09 Equivocal
> or = 1.10 Positive
As recommended by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), all samples with
positive or equivocal results in the
Borrelia burgdorferi antibody EIA (screening)
will be tested by Western Blot. Positive or
equivocal screening test results should not be
interpreted as truly positive until verified as
such using a confirmatory assay (e.g., B.
burgdorferi Western Blot).
The screening test and/or Western Blot for B.
burgdorferi antibodies may be falsely negative
in early stages of Lyme disease, including the
period when erythema migrans is apparent.
Do I need to request a further test? Sorry, I am new to all of this.