Lyme Disease Support Group

"If you would like your healthcare provider to order the CD57 NK test for you, your blood sample needs to be drawn into an EDTA tube (lavender top)

On Monday - Thursday and sent immediately to either LabCorp in Burlington, NC OR Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) in Austin, TX.

It says that these 2 labs are the ONLY labs that perform this test properly. States "Quest does not."

My CD57 was performed by Quest.

A friend sent me this article, so I am not sure of the source.

Anybody have info on this? (Also, the article was dated 2009, I think, so this very well might have changed by now, if it was even accurate!)

thanks!

I figure they run it correctly.

Labcorp is the founder of the test.

I used them.

Post edited by: lyme99, at: 04/09/2012 09:17 PM

I haven't had a CD57.

This will raise with treatment and supplements to promote NK cells and the immune function.

But if there's a chance my results could be inaccurate, I'd be willing to pay out-of-pocket for another draw/test. However, I will continue to research this, as well as to find out if a repeat would even be necessary.

Thanks!