M.pneumoniae Ab IgG HIGH 2.27 ISR (negative is less than 0.9 annd positive is over 1.1) I am not sure if this means I also have myco plasma pneumo, but this is the result: My ASO (which I already knew and am on zithromax daily now) was 396, but today I found out my anti DNase B is 85 and my streptozyme (on lab sheet it is called anti-strep exoenzyme) is 400. Does this mean he has Lyme's disease? I know that the CDC says 3 bands have to be positive, but I also know a lot of parents on this forum who say the CDC is incorrect. Only one of my children (9 year old son) tested positive, but only on the 41 band. We did the Lyme Disease antibodies western blot (IgG, IgM) Trifiletti yet about his interpretation of the results, but I obtained all of our labs today. Meanwhile, the biggest support you can give your mom is to believe in her disease.Last month my 4 kids and I have lots of lab work done. campaigning against patients and doctors who treat it. But now that its existence has been proven, maybe Main-Stream Medicine is going to concentrate on treating it vs. According to statistics, 20% of Lyme patients get chronic Lyme. Scientist have also discovered a few months ago that chronic Lyme is real, finding Lyme protein in the brain of patients with chronic Lyme. There’s a doctor in NY who has had over 90% of success with it. Recently, Disulfiram (a drug originally developed for alcoholism) has been proven to eradicate Lyme. The trick is to find a Lyme-literate doctor and be on the right mix of medication for your mom’s individual case. It took me 8 years to get to remission, and even though I relapse regularly, I have managed to keep things under control and go back to a “regular” life. Lyme is difficult for everyone in the family. The authors’ two cases remind the reader of the need to consider Lyme disease even if initial serologies suggest mono. In practice, Lyme disease and mononucleosis are common conditions that share similar symptoms. “In this case, we cannot exclude that the positive VCA IgM could be due to subclinical EBV reactivation, which has little clinical relevance in immunocompetent individuals,” states Pavletic, adding, “Heterophile antibody tests are known to have false positives due to acute infections, autoimmune diseases and cancer.” The second case was difficult to interpret given the positive monspot, heterophile and VCA IgM tests. “While isolated VCA IgM may indicate early acute mononucleosis, the test can be nonspecific, especially when the likelihood of acute EBV infection is low.” Pavletic adds, “Immune activation with other pathogens can also result in a false positive VCA IgM.” The authors touched on the difficulties interpreting acute mononucleosis testing. “Here we present two cases where early manifestations of Lyme disease were initially misdiagnosed as acute EBV infection due to positive VCA IgM results.” “Three and a half years later, repeat VCA IgG and EBNA were positive, and VCA IgM was negative.”Īccording to the authors, both cases were initially misdiagnosed. “The pain resolved and the weakness improved over the next six months,” according to Pavletic. The recovery was complicated by a right upper trunk brachial plexopathy. The fever resolved and the rashes faded with a 21-day prescription of doxycycline. Twelve days into her illness she tested positive for mononucleosis with a positive VCA IgM, VCA IgG, EBV early antigen, EBNA IgG, and positive monospot. Lyme serologies were positive by ELISA, IgG and IgM immunoblots. Lyme disease was diagnosed the next day based on multiple erythematous rashes. In the second case, an avid biker from Maryland presented with a six-day history of fatigue, fever, myalgias and headache. “Repeat VCA IgG, VCA IgM and EBNA were negative, indicating that the initial VCA IgM was falsely positive,” according to Pavletic. He was prescribed a 4-week course of doxycycline and recovered. Laboratory evaluation revealed a positive C6 peptide ELISA index of 6.02 and a positive IgM immunoblot. It was not until 17 days later with the onset of multiple erythematous rashes and right-sided peripheral facial nerve palsy that doctors diagnosed the young man with Lyme disease. He was diagnosed with acute infectious mononucleosis based on a positive viral capsid antigen (VCA) IgM and negative VCA IgG. In the first case, a 16-year-old male from Virginia developed fatigue, myalgias and three brief episodes of fevers over an 18-day period. In the article, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, Pavletic, from the National Institute of Mental Health, reports “two cases of false positive Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) serologies in early-disseminated Lyme disease.”
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