Cross-reactivity between Lyme and syphilis screening assays: Lyme disease does not cause false-positive syphilis screens

Author:

Patriquin, G, LeBlanc, J, Heinstein, C, Roberts, C, Lindsay, LR, and Hatchette, TF

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2016-03

Journal/Series title:

Diagn Microbiology Infect Dis

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URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26707064

Abstract:

Increased rates of Lyme disease and syphilis in the same geographic area prompted an assessment of screening test cross-reactivity. This study supports the previously described cross-reactivity of Lyme screening among syphilis-positive sera and reports evidence against the possibility of false-positive syphilis screening tests resulting from previous Borrelia burgdorferi infection.