alÂ·kaÂ·line. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or containing an alkali. 2. a. Having a pH greater than 7. b. Having a relatively low concentration of hydrogen ions. 3.
Test Overview. A Lyme disease test detects antibodies to the Lyme disease bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi in the blood. Lyme disease bacteria are spread by certain kinds of ticks. Lyme disease can be hard to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to those of many other illnesses.
As the most common tick-borne infection in the USA, lyme disease manifests with clinical symptoms as early as one week to several months after bacterial infection.lso dermatomyositis has been diagnosed in an immunosupressed patient with seronegative lyme disease with positive anti Jo 1 autoantibodies and PCR testing for B. burgdorferi. Less commonly, dermatomyositis has been described with acute lyme infection (Horowitz et al. ), in similarity to our case presentation.