Causes of false-positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing for Lyme disease
| Infections |
|---|
| Bacterial infection |
| Infective endocarditis |
| Other borrelial disease (eg, relapsing fever) |
| Other spirochetal infection (eg, syphilis, leptospirosis) |
| Viral infection |
| Epstein-Barr virus (polyclonal antibody production) |
| Parasitic infection |
| Malaria (polyclonal antibody production) |
| Noninfectious causes |
| Autoimmune conditions |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| Rheumatoid arthritis |