LOINC display name : B. burgdorferi IgM bands panel IB (S);
LOINC long common name : Borrelia burgdorferi IgM bands panel - Serum by Immunoblot;
LOINC short name : B burgdor IgM bands pnl Ser IB;
LOINC description : Per CDC recommendations: IgM positive if any 2 of the required 3 bands ar positive;
IgM negative if pattern does not meet the IgM-positive criteria. Test is not useful
if run more thant a month after the appearance of the erythema migrans. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00038469.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5405a6.htm;