Lyme borreliosis, clinical and laboratory diagnosis

Author: Mgr. Lucie Kohoutová Title: Lyme borreliosis, clinical and laboratory diagnosis University: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove Field of study: Pharmacy Background: We investigated the situation at laboratory and clinical diagnosis in the area of Havlíčkův Brod from 2011 to 2012. We focused on how the suggested laboratory methods were respected in the first half of our paper. Also one of our main interests was the number of patients with positive results of serology and liquor tests. The next aim was to point out how complex was the process of all tests evaluation to neuroborreliosis. The second part of our rigorous work was dedicated to the real state of diagnosis and therapy of the lyme disease in the area that belongs to Havlíčkův Brod's Hospital. Our aim was to verify if the recommended rules of diagnosing and therapy published by Czech Society of Infectology were respected. And of course if there's sufficient knowledge of the disease. Methods: The data were gained from the laboratory of immunology (Department of Collective Laboratories of Havlíčkův Brod's Hospital). Patients were judged in several categories: the result of particular exams (ELISA, westernblot, immunoblot) in time, the sex, the date of sampling (alternatively other samplings), the doctor..