Dr Horowitz Protocol

i would test for it - the way i reason it is every month I lose X of lost income and spend Y on treatments - so my reserves go down by Z - which would pay for the test even if it only shortens my illness by a month or two - but do your research and use the money wisely

test for both of these are generally poor

i think Igenix have a better bart test now that looks for more strains/species of Bart as most only look for b. henslae or maybe Quintana - but there are many that infect humans - 11 or 15 or so - the number found keeps rising - or maybe a western blot type i seem to recall.
general ELISA type test for Bart have pretty poor sensitivity as does PCR

i think FISH tests are about the best type for Babs

The other way around for Bart igg / igm i think - igm is the first antibody formed in infection - igg later - but testing for both should increase the chance of getting a true positive result - which is v hard for Bart - so i would test both. odd things happen with your antibodies in these chronic infections - especially where lyme is involved/ suspected