Table 2.
Laboratory Studies for Lyme Disease Diagnosis in patients with clinical signs and symptoms of Lyme disease.
| Western Blot | Laboratory Criteria | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | IFA | ELISA | Laboratory * | Positivity for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato | CDC | EUCALB |
| 1 | NP | + | + | + | + | + |
| 2 | NP | + | + | + | − | − |
| 3 | NP | + | + | + | + | − |
| 4 | + | NP | + | + | − | − |
| 5 | NP | + | + | + | − | − |
* Criteria of Laboratory that performed the test; NP: Not performed, (+) Positive, (−) Negative. CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, EUCALB: European Concerted Action on Lyme Borreliosis.