Infectolab

[canadusa]

  Has anyone heard of Infecto Lab in Germany (www.infectolad.de) The test they do is called Ellispot LTT. It measures
  the  Lyme Bacteria in your body against the antigen level. My naturopath says it is very accurate. Has anyone heard of this test?

Thank you,
Danielle Lajoie

[helyanna]

When I discussed with my doctor a few days ago, he  could not say, whether I have Lyme disease or not, although I got the above mentioned positive results from Infectolab. A certain antibiotic treatment could solve the question.

During a year or so, I have had several antibiotic treatments for my chronic tonsillitis. The last one (Doxycycline 150 mg per day) had to be stopped because of worse symptoms. Thus, I may not tolerate more effective antibiotics which should be used for Borrelia.

If I have Lyme, it could be since the eihgties or 2009.

If you let your blood sample be tested in Infectolab, could you please tell the results here.

[Ricobord]

From what I've read, the Ellispot is a very useful test.  It's worth asking how accurate it is against Lyme in the area where you think you got it.  There are a variety of species of Borrelia, and some tests will not show a positive for some species.

[helyanna]

My blood samples were analysed in that lab on March 19:

Borrelia burgdorferi Elispot LTT
Borrelia burgd. Fully Antigen + 3  SI  < 2
Borrelia OSP-Mix  (OSPA/OSPC/DbpA) + 4  SI  < 2
Borrelia LFA-1  (+) 2  SI  < 2
The results of the Elispot-Lymphocyte-Transformation-Tests are an indication for an actual cellular activity against Borrelia burgdorferi.

Chlamydia pneumoniae Elispot LTT
Chlamydia pneumoniae-Elispot LTT (+) 2  SI  < 2
The result of the Elispot-Lymphocyte-Transformation-Test (LTT) is an indication for a borderline/very weak actual cellular activity against Chlamydia pneumoniae.

CD 57 positive NK-cells  136 /µl  100-360
The CD57-cell-count is no indication for a chronic immune-suppressive situation caused by Borrelia burgdorferi.

I don't know what the results mean. The positive numbers were so low. Here people think that the tests of Infectolab are too accurate, give positive results too easily.

I have not discussed with any doctor yet. I am on Doxycycline due to my chronic tonsillitis and sinusitis. I am HLA-B27 positive and have pains in joints and muscles (reactive arthritis?). A throat sample has not been taken. I think that I could have Mycoplasma. I have had many different symptoms during several years.

[LazyMoose]

Sounds kind of familiar to the new iSpot from a lab Oceola Wisconsin.

The iSpot measures your T cell response and T cell levels from your blood while placed into a sample of known lyme bacteria. In long term infection, it can show lowered T cell level and its slow reponse which can be triggered from long term lyme.