Rachel Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I have not received my Buhner Book on Lyme and coinfections yet through the mail. This question might be answered in there but I really need to know what band might specifically indicate mycoplasma infection from Lyme. I will be seeing the cardiologist tomorrow and want to approach him about running some more test. I am reading more on Lyme and its coinfections. I am wondering if my son's mycoplasma P antibody levels are from a tick bite or from the virus itself. There must be a way to tell the difference. Any help would be appreciated. I think these test can be run through IGNEX or Stoneybrook Labs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPatti Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 It is my understanding that Stony Brook Labs does not test for co-infections. I have been told that can only be done through Igenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicklemama Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Western blot testing for Lyme will not pick up mycoplasma. Some say it may pick up other proteins from bacteria with flagella. Mycoplasma has no flagella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dedee Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Mycoplasma testing is done by having a Mycoplasma IgG and IgM titers ran. You can do this through any lab. The only differences in labs is whether or not they give a numeric value. Some will only give a positive or negative while others will give a numeric value. The numeric value is preferred so that you can follow and see the value rising or falling. I know that quest does numeric values as that is where we get ours through. Once we had ours through another lab that only gave us a positive. I think it was labcorp, but please don't hold me to that, It was a long time ago. Dedee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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