Myco P.

[PowPow]

meaning false positive?

 

A doctor we recently saw-- not a PANDAS doctor-- but a believer in autoimmune-caused psychiatric conditions--- said that myco. pneumonia is cross reactive-- so the test i sreally worthless-- as it could be a positive to something else.

Can someone please explain to me why on earth they bother doing (or even creating a lab test) and calling it one thing & it could test for others, also?

If a test is shown to be cross-reactive , why it is even used anymore?

just interested...

[cobbiemommy]

According to http://www.mold-help.org/content/view/673/0/ , the PCR test is the gold standard for Mycoplasma. Also, they recommend IGG, IGM testing and some others. The treatment of choice is Minocycline. They have found good results in people with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome. DS, started Minocycline about three weeks ago. He is the best he has been for quite a while. Unfortunately, I think it was doing too good of a job and we had to take a break for a couple of days.

 

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