Bartonella Testing

by Amanda on July 31, 2019

The Basics of Serology

Reading a diagnostic company’s menu can often feel like interpreting another language. The commonly used name of an infection may not be listed, and the scientific name of the pathogen may not be familiar (e.g., Lyme disease vs. Borrelia burgdorferi). To make things more difficult, acronyms for the testing methods can seem like randomly grouped [...]

by Amanda on July 10, 2019

What are lymph nodes? How do they respond to a Bartonella species infection?

Lymph nodes have been called the “upper management” of the immune system by journalist Matt Richtel. Some of the more impressive aspects of the immune system, such as the ability to recognize pathogens that may have been encountered years earlier, occur in the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are scattered throughout the body. Some are as […]

by Amanda on June 27, 2019

Don’t Let Bartonella Come Between the Human-Animal Bond

A common misconception regarding Bartonella henselae infection, sometimes known as cat scratch disease (CSD), is that cats are the “bad guy” in the situation. Cats and other animals have been a part of human life for millennia and have documented positive effects on mental and physical wellness. Cats are natural reservoirs for Bartonella henselae, and […]

by Amanda on June 19, 2019

Vector-Borne Disease and Skin: Your First Layer of Defense

Skin is the largest human organ. It is also the first place that flea and tick-borne pathogens encounter the human immune system. While some skin symptoms are signature markers for specific pathogens or families of pathogens, others provide hard-to-interpret clues that can be linked to a wide variety of diseases. Lyme borreliosis and bartonellosis are […]

by Amanda on June 13, 2019

Breaking down the Bartonella spp. ePCR Triple Blood Draw: How does it work?

Galaxy customers often ask our team, “Why do results for a Bartonella ePCR test take 3 weeks?” By the time a customer has decided to get a Bartonella ePCR triple draw test they may have had symptoms for some time, seen many doctors, and made difficult decisions about where to spend their healthcare dollars. We […]

by Amanda on May 22, 2019

How Vector-Borne Diseases Impact Heart Health

Both bartonellosis and Lyme disease are associated with dangerous heart conditions that can be fatal in some cases. According to the CDC, 11 cases of fatal Lyme carditis have been reported between 1985 and 2019, however, researchers suspect there are more undetected cases. The heart has three critical aspects that can be affected by disease: […]

Holiday Lab Closure Dec. 23-25 & Dec. 31-Jan. 1

Do not ship samples from Dec. 20th-25th. You can ship on the 26th. Do not ship between Dec. 27th-Jan. 1st.

Test Results may be delayed during this time until normal operations resume.

Please hold all other samples in the refrigerator for shipment until we can receive them on Thursday, Jan. 2nd.