Use of the paired samples (cerebrospinal fluid and serum) in immunodiagnostic of active and inactive human neurocysticercosis |
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Authors: | Barcelos Ivanildes Solange da Costa Ferreira Marcelo Simão Moura Leandro Pajuaba de Biondi Germano Francisco Costa-Cruz Julia Maria |
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Institution: | Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, 38400-902 Uberlandia, MG, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | Paired samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of 30 patients--10 with active, 10 with inactive neurocysticercosis (NCC), and 10 control subjects--were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using two Taenia crassiceps metacestode extracts as antigen in order to detect IgG antibodies. In active NCC, high levels of IgG were detected (p < 0.05). The CSF samples showed 80% (CI 72-88) of reactivity in the saline extract (S) and 90% (CI 84-95) in sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and the serum samples were reactive in 90% (CI 84-95) and 100% (CI 98-100) in the S and SDS antigenic extracts, respectively. The use of the paired samples of CSF and serum in active NCC showed equivalent results suggesting that the serum samples could be used as a screening in those patients whose CSF puncture is counter-indicated. |
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