Per CDC recommendations: IgM positive if any 2 of the required 3 bands ar positive; IgM negative if pattern does not meet the IgM-positive criteria. Test is not useful if run more thant a month after the appearance of the erythema migrans. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00038469.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5405a6.htm
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Borrelia burgdorferi Ab.IgM bands panel
property
-
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
Ser = Serum
scale
-
method
IB = Immune Blot: Applies to techniques that include electrophoretic or chromatographic separation such that position (size) of the band is part of the assessment
Additional Names
short name
B burg; B burgdor; B burgdor IgM bands pnl; B burgdorferi; Bb; Blt; Burgdorf; ID; IMMUNE BLOT; Immune globulin M; Immunobl; Immunoblot; Immunoglobulin M; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Lyme; Lyme disease; Lymes; Microbiology; Pan; PANEL.MICROBIOLO
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