FALSE POSITIVE LYME SEROLOGY DUE TO SYPHILIS: REPORT OF 6 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
FALSE POSITIVE LYME SEROLOGY DUE TO SYPHILIS: REPORT OF 6 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
R. Naesens,S. Vermeiren,J. van Schaeren,A. Jeurissen
2011 · DOI: 10.2143/ACB.66.1.2062517
Acta Clinica Belgica · 23 Citations
TLDR
The data show that in patients with positive Lyme screening and negative confirmatory testing, performance of lues serology should be considered, and cases in which Lyme screening was false positive due to cross-reactivity with Treponema pallidum antibodies are found.