Re: Using IGeneX Urine Tests

a_weisman_at_yahoo.com
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: 25 Feb 2005 05:16:43 -0800

archived :-)

Susan wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
>
> pmerv@direcway.com wrote:
>
> > Susan wrote:
> >
> > Readers should be aware that these tests have not been
independently
> > validated and/or replicated by those with no financial interest in
the
> > outcome.
> >
> > This is true. So what choices do we have?
> > C6 peptide test? (misses 30%)
> > ELISA test is only 65-70% sensitive
> > Western blot, CDC criteria? Engstrom et al ran 5 tests on each
patient
> > and still the sensitivity was low. If they had utilized two-tier
> > testing, they would have missed even more true cases. (Imagine
> > insurance paying for *5* tests!)
> > Twenty to thirty percent of patients are seronegative anyway.
> > PCRs are accepted in other diseases.
> > All CLIA labs have to do proficiency testing five times a year.
> >
> > By all means go with any approved lab but at least choose one that
will
> > report all bands on WB at least if requested, remembering that the
> > sensitivity of WB is based on the patient having free antibody,
which
> > not all do.
> >
> > "Smacking of advertising" or not, I will attempt to find answers to
> > Weisman's additional questions, but don't hold your breath.
> >
>
> The problem is, Phyllis, that you have a fresh subject line, a new
> thread _begun by you_, that is NOT a reply nor does it quote another
> poster. It reads like magazine or newspaper ad copy.
>
> The other problem is that you are abusing your role as a non-profit
> support organization leader by promoting *fiercely* one commercial
> interest, one who has been financially generous to you.
>
> There are no reliable diagnostic tests for tick borne disease, to
> suggest that this one lab is better than another is self serving.
> It's a mutual back scratch that has no place on a non-commercial
usenet
> group.
>
> All labs should be judged by the same standars, whether owned by
friends
> or foes.
>
> Susan

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