title: [Diagnosis of cerebral cysticercosis on Réunion Island by an immuno-enzymological method (ELISA): comparison with x-ray computed tomography].
abstract: An immunoenzymologic (Elisa) serodiagnosis of cysticercosis is evaluated in 75 encephalic cysticercosis patients whose diagnosis of the disease and its progression in assessed by tomodensitometry. A Taenia solium antigen is used. Only IgG are investigated. The sensibility of serodiagnosis is 85% and specificity 87% when there is a progression of the disease; no difference is noticed in the patients without any progression of the disease and in control normal subjects. This serodiagnosis of cysticercosis appears of value for the evaluation of the activity of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de Saint-Pierre de La Réunion.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michault
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coubes
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Laporte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouillan-Linet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leroy
mesh_terms: D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007195:Indian Ocean Islands; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G
vernacular_title: Diagnostic de la cysticercose encéphalique á l'Ile de la Réunion par méthode immuno-enzymologique (ELISA): comparaison avec la tomodensitométie.