getting tested for mycoplasma and other infectious gulf war diseases

by PH Saturday, Jul. 16, 2005 at 7:30 AM

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MYCOPLASMA REGISTRY for gulf war syndrome & chronic fatigue syndrome
Brochure: "HOW TO GET AN ACCURATE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) BLOOD TEST
for Mycoplasmal and Other Infections with International List of Laboratories"
© February 2005 Sean & Leslee Dudley

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IF YOU TEST POSITIVE for mycoplasmas or other pathogens please help us by filling out our confidential on-line Mycoplasma Registry Registration & Medical Survey for patients:
http://www.gulfwarvets.com/micop.htm

Systemic Mycoplasma Infections are found in patients with: Gulf War Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Scleroderma, Sjogren's Syndrome, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Sarcoidosis, Wegener's Disease, Kikuchi's Disease, Leukemia, Alzheimer's Disease, Autism, Infertility, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Hypercoagulation, Heart Disease, Stroke and Cancer.

? NEW (ICD-10-CM) code for Mycoplasma Infections is: "Mycoplasma A49.3" World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) Chapter A - Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

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? CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME & FIBROMYALGIA

The top three pathogens that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia patients on the Mycoplasma Registry
test positive for using PCR blood tests:

1. Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus strain and various other strains)
2. Human Herpes Virus-6a (HHV-6a)
3. Chlamydia pneumoniae ("Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection")

Others pathogens found:

Mycoplasmas:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma hominis
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Mycoplasma genitalium
Mycoplasma penetrans
Borrelia burgdorferi ("Chronic Lyme Disease"
may cause or trigger fibromyalgia)
Brucellosis ("Chronic Brucellosis")

Rickettsia Diseases:
Coxiella burnetii (Q-Fever and "Post-Q Fever Fatigue Syndrome") Staphylococcus

Viruses:
Epstein-Bar Virus (reactivation)
Coxsackie B Viruses(1-6)("Chronic Coxsackie Infection" may cause or trigger fibromyalgia, myalgias and other diseases.)
Parvovirus B19("Chronic Parovirus Infection" may cause or trigger fibromyalgia, arthralgia, arthritis)
Enteroviruses (causes: "Chronic inflammatory muscle disease"or fibromyalgia)
Cytomegalovirus
Borna Disease virus
Cytocidal Viruses
Hepatitis C ("Chronic Hepatitis C" may cause or trigger fibromyalgia)

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? PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS

The Gulf War Mycoplasma Study showed that nearly all the Gulf War veterans who tested positive for mycoplasma infections were positive for Mycoplasma fermentans. Mycoplasma genitalium was also found and a very small percentage tested positive for Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

We recommend that all Gulf War veterans also get tested for: uranium poisoning from exposure to depleted uranium, antibodies to experimental vaccine adjuvants such as squalene, and if there has been any exposure to organophosphate pesticides or sarin nerve gas get tested for the blood enzyme, paraoxonase.

In addition, Veterans have experience long term side effects from prescription drugs such as:
pyridostigmine bromide, given to troops to protect against nerve gas, and the antimalarial drug Lariam (mefloquine).

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? AIDS ASSOCIATED MYCOPLASMAS and VIRUSES

Mycoplasmas:
Mycoplasma penetrans
Mycoplasma pirum
Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus strain)
Mycoplasma fermentans (various other strains)
Mycoplasma hominis
Mycoplasma genitalium
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Ureaplasma urealyticum

Viruses:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Human Herpes Virus-6a (HHV-6a)
Cytomegalovirus
Herpes Simplex virus
Enterovirus

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? LYME DISEASE

? "CHRONIC LYME DISEASE" or "NEW LYME DISEASE"

? "MONTANA LYME DISEASE"

If bitten by ticks or fleas carrying Borrelia burgdorferi you can develop traditional Lyme Disease, which is self-limiting and carried by a deer tick. Our experience with patients suggests that if the tick or flea also carries co-infections, such as Babesiosis or especially Mycoplasmas, you may develop "Chronic Lyme Disease" also known as "New Lyme Disease" as well as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Autoimmune Diseases.

"Montana Lyme Disease" symptoms are similar to Lyme Disease. However, it is caused by a Lyme disease-like agent that has adapted to the Rocky Mountain wood ticks found in Montana and the Western United States.

"Chronic Lyme Disease" is a combination of the pathogen:
Lyme Disease and one or more of the following Co-infections:
Spirochetes (Borrelia bacteria):
Lyme Disease caused by three types of Spirochete Borrelia bacteria:
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (USA, UK, Europe)
Borrelia garinii (UK, Europe)
Borrelia afzelii. (UK, Europe)

Relapsing Fever caused by the spirochetes:
Borrelia hermsii
Borrelia turicatae

Mycoplasmas:
Mycoplasma fermentans
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Chlamydia pneumoniae

Rickettsial Diseases:
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Coxiella burnetti (Q-Fever and "Post-Q Fever Fatigue Syndrome")
Colorado Tick Fever
Eastern tick-borne Rickettsiosis
Rickettsialpox
Tularemia (rabbit fever)
Ehrlichiosis (caused by Ehrlichia, a rickettsia-like bacteria)
Anaplasmas (related to the genera Rickettsia and Ehrlichia)

Babesiosis:
Babesia microti
Babesia WA-1
Hepatitis-C

Bartonellosis:
Bartonella henselae (cat scratch fever)
Bartonella quintana (trench fever)
Viral Meningitis

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? POST-POLIO SYNDROME (PPS) & "Non-Paralytic" Polio

PCR Biopsy - An antibody test is not useful since it can not differentiate between an active infection, reactivated infection or antibodies from polio vaccines. However, a PCR test can be done on biopsied tissue and examined under a microscope to determine if there new polio virus or reactivated polio virus. Other viruses associated with PPS and NPP to test for:

ECHO viruses
Enteroviruses 71
Coxsackie virus A7 ("Polio virus Type IV")
Coxsackie B viruses (1-6)

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? TYPES OF MYCOPLASMA TESTS

1. INDIVIDUAL: The most accurate of the PCR blood tests is the individual test for a specific species.

2. "MULTIPLEX": Multi-species ("3 in 1" or "4 in 1") mycoplasma PCR blood tests are less expensive but their accuracy rate may not be as high as individual species tests. Therefore, patients need to specifically ask the laboratories for the published accuracy rate of their "multiplex" tests. Additionally, some laboratories identify a combination of tests for one price as a "panel" when in fact they are performing a "multiplex" test.

3. ANTIBODY TEST: The least accurate of the blood tests. In the case of Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus), antibodies are not produced until the patient is near death. However, antibodies to the other mycoplasma species are produced more readily.

4. CULTURE: Mycoplasmas are rarely successfully cultured, as they require specialized culture mediums and weeks of careful laboratory work. In some rare instances, culturing may be an alternative choice.

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? Recommendations - "HOW TO GET AN ACCURATE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)BLOOD TEST FOR MYCOPLASMAS"

— Do not perform the General (or Family) Mycoplasma species screening test. It is not as accurate as hoped. This test should never be used by physicians as a screening test for mycoplasmal infections in patients.

— Have the blood drawn at the testing lab. If that is impractical, the second best solution is to have the blood delivered to the lab within 24 hours. Blood samples left at room temperature for longer than 24 hours cause half the mycoplasmas to die and disintegrate. After 72 hours at room temperature all the mycoplasmas will have died and disintegrated. Once they disintegrate, the specific genetic sequences needed for PCR amplification will have vanished, resulting in a false negative.

— Have the blood sample drawn later in the day if you are shipping overnight. This shortens the hours before the sample is processed. Also, have the blood drawn early in the week rather than on a Friday so that the sample arrives on a day when the lab is open, rather than sitting unprocessed over the weekend.

— Ship blood samples with small packs of blue ice which keeps the sample at a refrigerated temperature (not frozen). Place some packing material between the blood sample and the blue ice to prevent the blood from freezing, which causes coagulation, ruining the sample for testing.

— Do not take any antibiotics at least one month or longer before a PCR blood test. The antibiotics will remove most of the infection from the blood, reducing the chances of amplifying the specific genetic sequences needed for an accurate result.

— Do not take vitamins, herbs or supplements that boost the immune system and/or kill mycoplasmas. Examples would be colloidal silver, flax seed oil, fish oils, vitamin C, IP6, immune boosters, garlic, transfer factor, olive leaf extract, etc. Unfortunately, no research exists to guide patients on how long they should avoid these products before drawing blood.

— The best time to have blood drawn is when the patient is symptomatic. Mycoplasmas can become dormant from time to time, so if a patient is feeling well it might not be the best time to test.

— If patients receive a negative result, but are still symptomatic, they should consider being retested. Review our recommended testing procedures to see if they were followed correctly. Discuss the merits of retesting with your physician.

— Patients should never begin antibiotic treatment before being tested for a mycoplasmal infection. Some patients start antibiotics before being tested to see if they will show improvement. If they improve, they often refuse to stop using antibiotics before taking a PCR test due to relapses. Unfortunately, once antibiotics are started, the risk increases for getting a false PCR result, even if the patient stops taking antibiotics later. This leaves patients unsure of their exact infection, preventing them from taking the most effective antibiotic. Without a positive test result, physicians often refuse to prescribe long term antibiotics.

— Antibody Tests may be an alternative to PCR for patients already on antibiotics. Although traditional antibody tests are generally not as accurate as PCR, detection may be possible if a patient has developed mycoplasma antibodies.

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? LABORATORIES TESTING FOR MYCOPLASMA, LYME & CO-INFECTIONS

North American: Canada

The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
Tel: 416.813.1500

The Molecular Microbiology Laboratory
Director: Dr. Raymond Tellier
Tel: 416.813.6592
Email: raymond.tellier@sickkids.ca 

Resource Technologist: Grant Johnson
Tel: 416.813.6139
Email: grant.johnson@sickkids.ca 

Mycoplasma testing:
http://www.sickkids.on.ca/microbiology/section.asp?s=Molecular+Microbiology&sID=7173

 

North America: United States of America

Clongen Laboratories, LLC * NEW LABORATORY *
Middlebrook Tech Park
12321 Middlebrook Road, Suite 120
Germantown, Maryland 20874
Toll Free: 877-CLONGEN
Tel: 301.916.0173
Fax: 301.916.0175
Email: cs@clongen.com
Email A. Kilani, Ph.D., MT(ASCP),President: akil@clongen.com
Website:
http://www.clongen.com

Mycoplasma Testing Services:
http://www.clongen.com/mycoplasma_testing_services.htm

Medical Diagnostic Laboratories
133 Gaither Drive, Suite C
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054
Toll-free: 877.269.0090
Tel: 609.608.1696
Fax: 609.608.1667
Email:
mailto:SALES@MDLAB.COM
Website: http://www.mdlab.com

Mycoplasma tests:
http://www.mdlab.com/fees&servs/serv-mycoplasma.html

Lyme tests:
http://www.mdlab.com/fees&servs/serv-ticks.html

The Arthritis Research Center
504 E. Diamond Avenue
Suite I Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
Tel: 301.216.1231
Fax: 301.216.0302

(Mycoplasma PCR and Antibody tests)

Immunosciences Lab., Inc.
8693 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200
Beverly Hills, California 90211
Toll-free: 800.950.4686
Tel: 310.657.1077
Fax: 310.657.1053
Email:
mailto:immunsci@ix.netcom.com
Website: http://www.immuno-sci-lab.com

Mycoplasma tests:
http://www.immuno-sci-lab.com/2000_cat_toc3.htm#M

Lyme Disease, Immunology of
http://www.immuno-sci-lab.com/table_123_2003.htm

Prodesse
W229 N1870 Westwood Drive
Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186
Toll-free: 888.589.6974
Tel: 262.446.0700
Fax: 262.446.0600
Email:
mailto:custsvc@prodesse.com
Website: http://www.prodesse.com

Mycoplasma multiplex test:
http://www.prodesse.com/pneumoplexlab.html

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
One Malcolm Ave.
Teterboro, New Jersey 07608
Toll-free 800.222.0446
Tel: 201.393.5000
Fax: 201.462.4715
Website:
http://www.questdiagnostics.com/index.html
Mycoplasma test menu: http://cas2.questdiagnostics.com/scripts/dos.wls?wlapp=DOS
Contact Customer Service: http://www.questdiagnostics.com/hcp/contactus/hcp_contact_cust_srv.html

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH)
358 S. Main St.
Burlington, North Carolina 27215
Tel: 336.584.5171
Fax: 336.436.1205
Website:
http://www.labcorp.com/

Mycoplasma tests:
http://www.labcorp.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mycoplasma&ps=10

Focus Technologies, Inc.(Corporate Office)
13665 Dulles technology Drive, Suite 200
Herndon, Virginia 20171 USA
Tel: 703.480.2500
Fax: 703.480.2670
Website:
http://www.focusanswers.com

Mycoplasma tests:
http://www.immuno-sci-lab.com/table_66_2000.htm

Focus Technologies, Inc., (Cypress Laboratory)
5785 Corporate Avenue
Cypress, California 90630
Toll-free: 800.445.0185
Tel: 714.220.1900
Fax: 714.220.9213
Website:
http://www.focusanswers.com

Mycoplasma tests (click on "Test Listing" and then the letter "M": http://www.specialtylabs.com/tests/display.asp?keyword=mycoplasma&assay=1&technotes=0&noses=yes

Specialty Laboratories, Inc.
2211 Michigan Ave.
Santa Monica, California 90404-3900
Toll-free: 800.421.4449
Tel: 310.828.6543
Fax: 310.586.7275
Email:
mailto:specialty@specialtylabs.com
Website: http://www.specialtylabs.com/main.html

Mycoplasma tests:
http://www.specialtylabs.com/tests/display.asp?keyword=mycoplasma&assay=1&technotes=0&noses=yes

Esoterix Infectious Disease Center
7540 Louis Pasteur Dr # 202
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Toll-free: 800.299.7350 or 800.661.4118
Toll-free: Client Services: 800.383.0980
Tel: 210.614.7350, 210.614.7350
Fax: 201.692.1411, 210.614.7355
Website:
http://www.esoterix.com

(staphylococcus and mycoplasma tests)

Caring Medical Rehabilitation Services
715 Lake Street, Suite 600
Oak Park, IL 60301
Tel: 708.848.7789
Fax: 708.848.7763
Website:
http://www.caringmedical.com/

Lyme:
http://www.caringmedical.com/therapies/labslist.asp#babe

Mycoplasma tests:
http://www.caringmedical.com/therapies/labslist.asp#myco

DSI Medical Laboratories
Main Office, Billing and Test Results
12700 Westlinks Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33913
Toll-free: 888.DSI-LABS
Tel: 239.561.8200
E-mail: Infectious Disease mark.neuman@dsilabs.com
Website:
http://build4.medseek.com/websitefiles/napleswebsite/body.cfm?id=150

Mycoplasma tests:
http://build4.medseek.com/websitefiles/napleswebsite/body.cfm?id=150#Infectious_

Diseases_Laboratory_Division
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street,
Boston, MA 02115, USA
Tel: 1.617.732.5500, 1.617.732.6458
Patients requesting an appointment:1.800.BWH.9999
https://www.brighamandwomens.org/forms/RequestAppointment.asp
BWH affiliated doctor: 1.800.BWH.9999 http://www.brighamandwomens.org/mdsearch/default.asp

Lab Home Page. Department of Pathology: Clinical Laboratory Division. Mycoplasma PCR tests:
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/clinicallabs/medical/special.asp

IBT Reference Laboratory
10453 West 84th Terrace
Lenexa, KS 66214
Toll-free: 800.637.0370
Fax: 913.492.7145
Email: ibt@ibtreflab.com
Website:
http://www.ibtreflab.com

("Marshall Protocol" Vitamin D) C3a and C5a Test
http://www.ibtreflab.com/pdfs/C3a%20and%20C5a.pdf

Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA Test
http://www.ibtreflab.com/pdfs/Chlamydia%20pneumoniae%20(LB)%2001-13-03.pdf

Mycoplasma pneumoniae DNA Test
http://www.ibtreflab.com/pdfs/Mycoplasma%20pneumoniae%20(LB)%2001-13-03.pdf

St. Louis Children's Hospital
One Children's Place
St. Louis, Missouri 63110 USA
Tel: 314.454.6000

Virology Lab
Supervisor, Bill Mulford
Tel: 314.454.6039,
Director, Gregory Storch, MD
Tel: 314.454.6079

Mycoplasma tests:
http://www.stlouischildrens.org/articles/professional.asp?ID=2680

IGeneX Inc.
797 San Antonio Road
Palo Alto, California 94303
Toll-free: 800.832.3200
Tel: 650.424.1191
Fax: 650.424.1196
Email:
mailto:igenex@igenex.com
Website: http://www.igenex.com

Lyme & co-infections PCR tests:
http://www.igenex.com/tickset3.htm

Laboratory for the Diagnosis of Tick Borne Diseases
University Hospital L3-700
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, New York 11794-7300

TESTS:

Lyme Disease-Borrelia burgdorferi: ELISA, Western Blot, Immunoblot Babesiosis:IFA(HGE&HME antibodies), Western Blot, Immunoblotting, Blood Smear Ehrlichiosis:IFA(HGE&HME antibodies),Western Blot,Immunoblotting, Blood Smear, PCR Laboratory for the Diagnosis of Tick Borne Diseases Tel: 631.444.2375 Tick Identification Services Tel: 631.444.3744 Technical Service Tel: 631.444.7965 Marc Golightly,Ph.D., SI(ASCP)Director/Head

Tel: 631.444.2240
Email: mgolightly@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Website:
http://www.path.sunysb.edu/labs/ticklab/TICKLAB.htm

Bowen Research and Training Institute, Inc
P.O. Box 627
Palm Harbor, Florida 34682
Tel: 727.937.9077
Fax: 727.942.9687
Website:
http://www.bowen.org/

Lyme tests:
http://www.bowen.org/lyme_testing.htm

Boston Biomedica Inc.
BBI Diagnostics Customer Service - USA
375 West Street
West Bridgewater, MA 02379
Toll-free: 800.676.1881
Tel: 508.580.1900 BBI
Fax: 508.508.2202
Email: info@bbii.com
Website:
http://www.bbii.com/
Lyme tests: http://www.bbii.com/products.htm

Nelson Medical Research Institute (Lyme Disease)
11664 Martin Rd.
Warren, MI 48093
Lida Mattman, Ph.D.:
Tel: 810.755.6430
Fax: 810.755.4511

ViraCor
1210 NE Windsor Drive
Lee's Summit, MO 64086
Toll-free: 800.305.5198
Fax: 816.347.0143

Email:
mailto:info@ViraCor.com
Website: http://www.viracor.com

HHV-6a virus test:

http://www.viracor.com/diagnostic-virals-hhv6_overview.htm)

Europe

R.E.D. LABORATORIES
Pontbeek 61
B-1731 Zellik,Belgium
Tel: 32.2.481.5310
Fax: 32.2.481.5311
Email:
mailto:info@redlabs.com
Website: http://www.redlabs.com

Mycoplasma & co-infections PCR tests &
RNAP (RNase L Test in PBMC's): 
http://www.redlabs.com/en/index.html

Pro Health Laboratorium
Schoutlaan 4a
6002 EA Weert
The Netherlands
Tel: 31.0.495.545000
Fax: 31.0.495.550722
E-mail:
mailto:lab@prohealth.nl
Micropathology Ltd.

University of Warwick Science Park
Barclays Venture Centre
Sir William Lyons Road
Coventry CV4 7EZ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44.0.24.76.323222
Fax: +44.0.24.76.323333
Email:
mailto:info@micropathology.com
Website: http://www.micropathology.com

Mycoplasma tests:
http://www.micropathology.com/bacteria_list.htm

Nutri-Link Ltd.
8A Powderham Road
Newton Abbot, Devon
TQ12 1EU, England
Tel: +44.0.16.26.205417
Fax: +44.0.16.26.205418

[U.K. representative of Immunosciences Lab., Inc.
Sends blood to Beverly Hills, CA USA]

Lithuania

Institute of Biotechnology
Laboratory of Immunology
V. Graiciuno 8
2028, Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: 370.5.2602103
Fax: 370.5.2602116
E-mail: office@ibt.lt
Web Site:
http://www.ibt.lt

Mycoplasma tests: Detection of mycoplasma infection by PCR
http://www.ibt.lt/english/service.htm

India

SRL Ranbaxy
Clinical Laboratory Testing
Mumbai, India
Toll Free Tel: 1.600.222.333
Customer care Group of SRL:
Tel: 022.5692.7333, 022.5690.1810
Tel: 022.5690.3851-61, Ext. 203, 216
Email: cservice@srlranbaxy.com
Website:
http://www.srlranbaxy.com/news-sars.htm

Mycoplasma tests PCR:
http://www.srlranbaxy.com/news-sars.htm

Australia

Australian Biologics Testing Services
6th Floor Fayworth House
383 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Tel: 61.2.9283.0807
Fax: 61.2.9283.0910
E-mail:
mailto:austbio@mpx.com.au

Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory

Director and founder: Dr Stephen R. Graves
The Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health, Bellarine
St, Geelong VIC 3220, Australia
Tel.: +61.3.5226.7552
Fax: +61.3.5226.7940
Email: stepheng@barwonhealth.org.au
Website:
http://www.barwonhealth.org.au/arrl/home.html

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? LABORATORIES THAT OFFER OTHER USEFUL TESTS

Hypercoagulation tests:

Hemex Laboratory
2505 West Beryl Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85021-1461
Toll-free: 800.999.CLOT (2568)
Tel: 602.997.9161
Fax: 602.997.1406
Email:
mailto:clients@hemex.com
Website: http://www.hemex.com

Rickettsia test:

Laboratory of Dr. Cecile Jadin
Postnet Suite 182
Private Bag X3
Northriding, 2162
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: + 27.11.460.1670
from 06.30am - 07.00am and
from 06.30pm - 07.00pm (local time)
Fax: + 27.11.794.3370
Email:
mailto:info@chronicfatiguesyndrome.tv
Website: http://www.chronicfatiguesyndrome.tv/

Candidiasis tests (Candida Immune Complexes #323):
AAL Reference Laboratories, Inc.
1715 E. Wilshire # 715
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Toll-free: 800.522.2611
Tel: 714.972.9979
Fax: 714.543.2034
Email:
mailto:inquire@aalrl.com
Website: http://www.antibodyassay.com

Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory/Genovations™
63 Zillicoa Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Toll-free: 800.522.4762
Tel: 828.253.0621
Fax: 828.252.9303
Email: lisab@gsdl.com
Website:
http://www.gsdl.com

Helicobacter Pylori tests:
Website:
http://www.gsdl.com/assessments/heliobacter/

Clostridium difficile tests:
Website:
http://www.gsdl.com/assessments/cdsa/appguide/index4.html

Ciguatoxins Test:

Dr. Yoshitsugi Hokama
Department of Pathology
University of Hawaii at Manoa,
Biomedical Science Room D-105
1960 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: 808.956.5464 messages may be left
Tel: 808.956.8682 direct line to the laboratory
Physicians only may email Dr. Hokama at
mailto:yoshitsu@hawaii.edu

Paraoxonase - Genetic trait (PON1 enzymes)

(sarin gas and organophosphate pesticides exposures)

Robert Ware Haley, M.D.,
Gulf War Associated Illnesses,
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390.
Tel: 214.648.3111
Website:
http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept29100/files/94867.html/

IBT Reference Laboratory ("Marshall Protocol" Vitamin D C3a test) 10453 West 84th Terrace Lenexa, KS 66214
Toll-free: 800.637.0370
Fax: 913.492.7145
Email: ibt@ibtreflab.com
Website:
http://www.ibtreflab.com/

("Marshall Protocol" Vitamin D) C3a and C5a Test
http://www.ibtreflab.com/pdfs/C3a%20and%20C5a.pdf

Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA Test
http://www.ibtreflab.com/pdfs/Chlamydia%20pneumoniae%20(LB)%2001-13-03.pdf

Mycoplasma pneumoniae DNA Test
http://www.ibtreflab.com/pdfs/Mycoplasma%20pneumoniae%20(LB)%2001-13-03.pdf

Quest Diagnostics ("Marshall Protocol" Vitamin D C3a test)
One Malcolm Avenue
Teterboro, NJ 07608
Toll-free: 800.222.0446
Tel: 201.393.5000
Website:
http://www.questdiagnostics.com/

To Find a Quest Patient Service Center near you:

"Patient Service Centers Locator" On-Line:
http://www.questdiagnostics.com/hcp/psc/jsp/hcp_psc_index.jsp

"Patient Service Center Locator" Tel.: 800.377.8448

Specialty Laboratories ("Marshall Protocol" Vitamin D C3a test) 2211 Michigan Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404-3900
Toll-free: 800.421.7110
Tel: 310.828.6543
Fax: 310.828.6634
Website:
http://www.specialtylabs.com/default.htm

Client Services:
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Specialty Labs info on C3a testing
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