Deficiencies in communication between clinical microbiological laboratories and physicians may impair the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis: A study of the use and application of serology in three neighbouring counties in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis (LB) can be challenging. The aim of this study was to investigate, describe and compare the actual use, application and documentation of LB serology in three neighbouring LB-endemic counties in Sweden. As part of this, we intended to study the concordance between laboratory reports and physicians' assessments regarding LB.

Methods

Three hundred patients sampled for LB serology in the counties of Jönköping, Kalmar and Östergötland, in 2016 were randomly selected for this study. Data was collected from the laboratory information technology systems of the departments of Clinical Microbiology in the three counties and from medical records.

Results

Suspected Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) was the most common indication for LB serology

SUBMITTER: Johansson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12742768 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature