Discriminating Lyme Neuroborreliosis from Other Neuroinflammatory Diseases by Levels of CXCL13 in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Author(s):
Burgel, N.D. van; Bakels, F.; Kroes, A.C.M.; Dam, A.P. van
Published
2011
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

liosis (LNB). Levels of intrathecal CXCL13 were determined for 58 LNB patients and 210 controls; sensitivity was 88% and specificity was 89% (cutoff, 250 pg of CXCL13/ml of CSF). Elevated levels of CXCL13 can aid in the diagnosis of LNB, but levels should be interpreted with care.

chemokine cxcl13 diagnosis marker infection
Date issued
2011-05-31
Language
English
Is part of
Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2011), Vol. 49, no. 5, p. 2027-2030
hdl
1887/109152