2 patients are told they have mono. But, they had Lyme disease. How did it happen?

2 patients are told they have mono. But, they had Lyme disease. How did it happen? The case reports in tonight's All Things #Lyme blog. http://bit.ly/2nCoBOb

 

 

When Lyme disease causes a positive test for mononucleosis - Daniel Cameron MD

False positive serologies for Lyme disease have been previously reported in patients with acute infectious mononucleosis. However, a recent paper describes two cases in which Lyme disease was misdiagnosed as mono based on false positive serologies for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

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