By Dr. Steve Clark, Naturopathic Doctor......
Why not culture if you can find the living organism…? Well here is the IDSA guideline quote about why you don’t use cultures
“Although useful for documentation of B. burgdorferi infection in research studies, amplification of B. burgdorferi DNA by PCR or culture of specimens of skin or blood for Borrelia species is not recommended for diagnosis of erythema migrans in routine clinical care because of the cumbersome nature and expense of these test methods....Afficher la suite
Why not culture if you can find the living organism…? Well here is the IDSA guideline quote about why you don’t use cultures
“Although useful for documentation of B. burgdorferi infection in research studies, amplification of B. burgdorferi DNA by PCR or culture of specimens of skin or blood for Borrelia species is not recommended for diagnosis of erythema migrans in routine clinical care because of the cumbersome nature and expense of these test methods....Afficher la suite
