title: Diagnosis of enteroviral meningitis with IgG-EIA using heat-treated virions and synthetic peptides as antigens.
abstract: Two recently developed enzyme immunosorbent assays (EIA) for the detection of significant titre increases in enteroviral IgG-antibodies were evaluated as diagnostic tools in 127 etiologically well-characterized patients with aseptic meningitis. One assay was based on heat-treated virions (H-EIA) and one on synthetic peptides (P-EIA) as antigens. The sensitivities, with virus isolation as reference method, were 0.67 by H-EIA and 0.62 by P-EIA, which were higher than by a routinely used complement fixation test (CFT, 0.51) but somewhat lower than the sensitivities found by two previously presented IgM-assays, mu-capture EIA, and solid-phase reverse immunosorbent test (SPRIST). The specificities of the two IgG-EIA techniques and CFT were apparently high, whereas the two IgM-assays showed positive reactions in some non-enteroviral cases. A relatively rapid increase in enteroviral IgG-antibodies was apparent using H-EIA and P-EIA. The two IgG-EIA tests contributed with considerable additional etiological information since significant IgG-rises were obtained in 13 patients by H-EIA and in 19 by P-EIA, respectively, out of the 56 individuals in whom enterovirus isolation was negative and a non-enteroviral diagnosis was not found. Thus, detection of enteroviral IgG-antibodies by H-EIA and P-EIA seems to be a valuable alternative to CFT for the routine diagnosis of enteroviral meningitis. The IgM-assays, mu-capture EIA, and SPRIST, may allow a relatively rapid report of an enteroviral infection. However, since both the IgM-tests are hampered by incomplete specificities, a confirmation of positive results by an IgG-assay should be carried out.
authors.affiliation: Central Microbiological Laboratory of the Stockholm County Council, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samuelson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glimåker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skoog
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forsgren
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D014771:Virion
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D010446:Peptide Fragments