Poor Positive Predictive Value of Lyme Disease Serologic Testing in an Area of Low Disease Incidence

Conclusions. In this low-prevalence cohort, fewer than 20% of positive Lyme disease tests are obtained from patients with clinically likely Lyme disease. Positive Lyme disease test results may have little diagnostic value in this setting.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases - October 9, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lantos, P. M., Branda, J. A., Boggan, J. C., Chudgar, S. M., Wilson, E. A., Ruffin, F., Fowler, V., Auwaerter, P. G., Nigrovic, L. E. Tags: ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES Source Type: research