This study will evaluate Advanced Laboratory Services Borrelia diagnostic test by culturing Borrelia spirochetes from human serum in subjects with early or late Lyme disease. This is an 8 month study. Subjects entering the study will have two blood samples collected one month apart if they have early Lyme disease and one blood sample collected if they have late Lyme disease. Subjects who sign an IRB-approved consent form and meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be entered into the study. Subjects will be assigned a subject number upon entry and this number will be retained throughout the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
218
The ALSI BDT is a high-yield in vitro cultivation method for Borrelia burgdorferi from venous whole blood samples.
Delaware Integrative Medicine
Georgetown, Delaware, United States
Penobscot Bay Medical Center
Rockport, Maine, United States
Infectious Disease/The Research Institute
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Birch Tree Healing Arts
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Mid Hudson Medical Research, PLLC
New Windsor, New York, United States
Dr. Steven Bock, MD
Rhinebeck, New York, United States
Dr. Marina Makous
Exton, Pennsylvania, United States
Detweiler Family Medicine & Associates, PC
Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States
Suburban Research Associates
Media, Pennsylvania, United States
Cumberland Valley Parochial Medical Clinic
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
...and 6 more locations
Diagnostic accuracy of the Advanced Laboratory Services, Inc. (ALSI) Borrelia Diagnostic Test (BDT) culture, for positive and negative predictive value, as compared to conventional microbiological methods.
Time frame: Baseline to 16 weeks
Diagnostic accuracy of ALSI culture for early-onset presentation of Lyme disease, as measured by positive and negative predictive value.
Time frame: Baseline to 16 weeks
Diagnostic accuracy of ALSI culture for late-onset presentation of Lyme disease, as measured by positive and negative predictive value.
Time frame: Baseline to 16 weeks
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