bertiedog
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Last year I was tested by Infectolab and got 3 positives on their LTT test but we know that @Jonathan Edwards doesn't think this is a valid test yet. I also tested positive on the Western Blot on Band 41 only. Since then I have learned that this doesn't mean it's borrelia that is a problem and now I have the answer I think.
Four weeks ago I did a comprehensive 3 day stool analysis through Genova, it was called the G I Effects Stool Test and 2 days ago I got the results. I have a 4+ for Citrobacter freundii but I had the same result in June 2012 when I had the last stool test done. This is despite endless rounds of herbal antibiotics and also a couple of course of Ciproflaxin which the organism is supposed to be senstive to.
The pathogen can cause upper respiratory infections and probably explains the identical sore throat with flu like symptoms I get on and off. Every time I get this the symptoms are identical. It is considered an opportunistic bacteria and causes problems in people with weak immune systems which I definitely have.
The interesting thing is that the Wiki article describes it as -
The Citrobacter species, including Citrobacter freundii, are aerobic gram-negative bacilli. Citrobacter freundii are long rod-shaped bacteria typically 1-5 μm in length [1]. Most C. freundii cells are surrounded by many flagella used to move about, but a few are non-motile. Its habitat includes the environment (soil, water, sewage), food, and the intestinal tracts of animals and humans [1]. It belongs to the family of Enterobacteriaceae.
So there I think is the explanation for my positive Band 41 but it's nothing to do with borrelia and to my mind throws in doubt the LTT test.
Pam
Four weeks ago I did a comprehensive 3 day stool analysis through Genova, it was called the G I Effects Stool Test and 2 days ago I got the results. I have a 4+ for Citrobacter freundii but I had the same result in June 2012 when I had the last stool test done. This is despite endless rounds of herbal antibiotics and also a couple of course of Ciproflaxin which the organism is supposed to be senstive to.
The pathogen can cause upper respiratory infections and probably explains the identical sore throat with flu like symptoms I get on and off. Every time I get this the symptoms are identical. It is considered an opportunistic bacteria and causes problems in people with weak immune systems which I definitely have.
The interesting thing is that the Wiki article describes it as -
The Citrobacter species, including Citrobacter freundii, are aerobic gram-negative bacilli. Citrobacter freundii are long rod-shaped bacteria typically 1-5 μm in length [1]. Most C. freundii cells are surrounded by many flagella used to move about, but a few are non-motile. Its habitat includes the environment (soil, water, sewage), food, and the intestinal tracts of animals and humans [1]. It belongs to the family of Enterobacteriaceae.
So there I think is the explanation for my positive Band 41 but it's nothing to do with borrelia and to my mind throws in doubt the LTT test.
Pam