Re: Dark field microscopy



eugeneshapiroisapig wrote:

     Dark field microscopy is nice, but it has a low yield and many LD
patients will be negative by this method.

Antibody-tests suck too, but are used anyway to "diagnose" Lyme disease. At least with DFM you can show an active infection. It is used to diagnose syphilis and relapsing fever, so why not Lyme disease?


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