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. 2005 Sep;12(9):1036–1040. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1036-1040.2005

TABLE 2.

ELISA and PEG-IC IgG and IgM results

Category Serum ELISA result All samplesa
First sample onlyb
PEG-IC IgG ELISA (no. positive/serum IgG ELISA) PEG-IC IgM ELISA (no. positive/serum IgM ELISA) PEG-IC IgG ELISA (no. positive/serum IgG ELISA) PEG-IC IgM ELISA (no. positive/serum IgM ELISA)
All samples Negative 11/44 7/42 6/35 5/28
Positive 54/57 21/33 35/38 12/19
Indeterminatec 6/11 1/2 5/10 0/1
PTLDS Negative 7/11 3/13 3/5 2/5
Positive 26/26 10/16 14/14 4/7
Indeterminatec 2/2 1/2 0/1
Early LD Negative 1/3 0/3 0/2
Positive 1/2 3/4 2/3
Indeterminatec 0/1 0/0 0/0
All Lymed Negative 10/18 4/21 5/9 2/8
Positive 40/41 19/29 21/22 10/15
Indeterminatec 3/4 1/2 2/3 0/1
OspA vaccinees Negative 1/9 3/11 3/11
Positive 14/16 2/2 2/2
Indeterminatec 3/6 0/0 0/0
Healthy volunteers Negative 0/17 0/10 0/9
Positive 0/0 0/2 0/2
Indeterminatec 0/1 0/0 0/0
a

Includes all results.

b

Uses only the first complete sample pair per patient or control. Where there are no data in these columns, they are the same as those indicated in the “All samples” column.

c

Refers to samples with equal numbers of positive and negative results (in cases where the sample was tested more than once).

d

Refers to all patients with Lyme disease and includes posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome, early Lyme disease, Lyme arthritis, and neurologic Lyme disease patients.