Can we be happy if an indirect test does not show the presence of antibodies? If a patient or physician suspects that Lyme borreliosis is causing the symptoms, tests should be performed which, if positive, support a causal relationship. These blood tests are described in our paper by dr. Klára Esztó, who has been dealing…
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Some of the fundamental questions of diagnosing Lyme Borreliosis are: why not look for the bacterium and why a serological test is not enough? The question rightly arises as to why we are not looking for the bacterium, said Dr. Klára Esztó, a Lyme specialist who has been dealing with patients showing the symptoms of…
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In many cases, the infection does not come with a characteristic or diagnostic symptom. Treating Lyme borreliosis is a complex task for specialists. If a positive result confirms that a patient is infected with Lyme disease, there is still an open question whether this causes (all of) their symptoms or not. This is a valid…
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