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

Lantos, Paul M; Branda, John A; Boggan, Joel C; Chudgar, Saumil M; Wilson, Elizabeth A; Ruffin, Felicia; Fowler, Vance; Auwaerter, Paul G; Nigrovic, Lise E

Lantos, Paul M; Branda, John A; Boggan, Joel C; Chudgar, Saumil M; Wilson, Elizabeth A; Ruffin, Felicia; Fowler, Vance; Auwaerter, Paul G; Nigrovic, Lise E.

Affiliation

Lantos PM; Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases General Internal Medicine.
Branda JA; Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Boggan JC; General Internal Medicine.
Chudgar SM; General Internal Medicine.
Wilson EA; Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Ruffin F; Infectious Diseases.
Fowler V; Infectious Diseases.
Auwaerter PG; Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Nigrovic LE; Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts.

Clin Infect Dis ; 61(9): 1374-80, 2015 Nov 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26195017

Subject(s)

Lyme Disease/diagnosis; Serologic Tests/methods; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Retrospective Studies; Young Adult

Key words

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme; diagnostic testing; positive predictive value; serology

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Lyme Disease / Serologic Tests Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Clin Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2015 Type: Article

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